12.8% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Collaroy · Suburb / Locality
Language in Collaroy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Collaroy, though the share of people using other languages at home has grown since 2011. While 83.2% of residents speak only English, the area now sees more linguistic diversity than most similar suburbs.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 12.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though well below the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the use of Italian, Mandarin, and Greek, while only 1.3% of residents speak little or no English.
1.3% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Collaroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10970/collaroy/topic/language