7.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Colinton · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.6% of people in Colinton, though a higher proportion of residents use another language at home compared to most similar areas. This small community is largely monolingual, with very few people speaking a language other than English.
English and the largest community languages.
While 7% of residents use another language at home—a figure higher than in most similar areas—this is still far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%. Notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
7.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Colinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10968/colinton/topic/language