46.4% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coombs · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Coombs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Coombs use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This linguistic diversity has grown quickly, with the proportion of people speaking other languages rising by 9.6 percentage points since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 46.4% of people use another language at home, which is far above the ACT figure of 24.6%. While English is spoken by 50.1%, common second languages include Mandarin, Punjabi, Arabic and Cantonese, though only 3.8% of the population speak little or no English.
3.8% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Coombs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801101135/coombs/topic/language