6.3% ▲ +57.8%
Lower than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coffs Harbour - Grafton · Region (SA4)
Language in Coffs Harbour - Grafton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 6.3% of people in Coffs Harbour - Grafton use a language other than English at home, though this has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011. The region is far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 86.6% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.2% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.2% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Coffs Harbour - Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/104/coffs-harbour-grafton/topic/language