4.8% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cobar · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cobar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Cobar compared to the rest of the country. While 80% of residents speak only English, the area actually has a higher proportion of non-English speakers than most similar regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.8% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average.
0.5% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality 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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10948/cobar/topic/language