9.0% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cooma · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cooma
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people now speak a language other than English in Cooma, though the vast majority still use English at home. While 9% of residents use another language, this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.7% of residents. Other languages spoken include Italian, Greek, Tagalog and Arabic, though those who speak little or no English make up only 1% of the population, which is well below the state average.
1.0% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11036/cooma/topic/language