64.2% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 74.0%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly two-thirds of people in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands use a language other than English at home. This creates a diverse daily environment, although the proportion of people speaking other languages has fallen over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 64.2% of residents speak another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While 21.6% of the population speaks little or no English—much higher than most other areas—this figure has fallen since 2016.
21.6% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/90102/cocos-islands/topic/language