6.2% ▲ +31.5%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coolangatta · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Coolangatta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Coolangatta, where only 6.2% of people speak another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the share of people using another language rose slightly to 6.2% since 2011, this remains well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
0.5% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30902/coolangatta/topic/language