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Cooks Gap · Suburb / Locality

Language in Cooks Gap

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English remains the primary language in Cooks Gap, where very few people use a different tongue at home. While the area is sparsely populated, the language profile has stayed largely consistent since the 2011 census.

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📍 Cooks Gap, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While 0% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

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2.7% ▼ -25.5%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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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.

Language used at home

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In Cooks Gap, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 87.4% Italian 0.9%

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 Cooks Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11018/cooks-gap/topic/language