31.6% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coburg · Suburb / Locality
Language in Coburg
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 32% of people in Coburg speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in its category, with a significant portion of the population using a variety of different languages daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 31.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than the Australian average of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Italian, Greek, Arabic, and Mandarin, and it aligns with the 5.6% of people who speak little or no English.
5.6% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Coburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20596/coburg/topic/language