7.4% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kotara · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kotara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Kotara, though the number of people using other languages at home has risen since 2011. While more diverse than many similar areas, it is still far less multilingual than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 89.6% of people speak only English, with 7.4% using another language at home. This is higher than most similar areas, yet still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few residents speak little or no English, at just 0.7%.
0.7% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Kotara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12208/kotara/topic/language