Coonabarabran · Suburb / Locality

Language in Coonabarabran

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

About the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Coonabarabran is a place where very few people use a language other than English at home. Only 3% of residents use another language, making the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state or the nation.

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📍 Coonabarabran, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 82.2% of the population. While 0.1% of people speak little or no English—a figure higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the national figure of 3.4%.

3.0% ▲ +53.7%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 3.0%

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

0.1% ▼ -57.9%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.1%

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 Coonabarabran, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Coonabarabran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11043/coonabarabran/topic/language