16.0% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coogee · Suburb / Locality
Language in Coogee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 16% of people in Coogee speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure. Most residents use English as their only language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 79% of residents, while Greek and Italian are the most common other languages. Only 1% of the population speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales figure.
1.0% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11015/coogee/topic/language