1.6% ▲ +42.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kootingal · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kootingal
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Kootingal, where only 1.6% of people use another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a place with very little linguistic variety compared to most of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 93% of residents speak only English, while those who speak little or no English make up just 0.2% of the population. Although this small group is more common here than in similar areas, the figure remains well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
0.2% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Kootingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12203/kootingal/topic/language