11.9% ▲ +71.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coffs Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Language in Coffs Harbour
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for the vast majority of Coffs Harbour, but nearly 12% of people use another language at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.9% of residents speak a language other than English, with Punjabi being the most common non-English tongue at 1.1%. Only 3% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 3.4%.
3.0% ▲ +31.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10959/coffs-harbour/topic/language