6.8% ▲ +42.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cumbalum · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cumbalum
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Cumbalum speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 6.8% of the population uses another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 89.8% of people speak only English at home, with small numbers using Hindi, Mandarin, Italian and Vietnamese. Only 0.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average.
0.6% ▲ +92.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Cumbalum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11155/cumbalum/topic/language