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Cockatoo · Suburb / Locality

Language in Cockatoo

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

English is the dominant tongue in Cockatoo, where only 3.9% of people use another language at home. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making it a place where very few residents need translation services for daily life.

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📍 Cockatoo, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 88.1% of residents speak only English at home. While very few people use another language, the proportion of those who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, though still well below the state figure at 0.3%.

People using another language at home

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3.9% ▼ -6.8%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▲ +39.5%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Cockatoo, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek is next at 0%.

English only 88.1% Greek 0.2% Italian 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Tagalog 0.1% Hindi 0.1%

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 Cockatoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20600/cockatoo/topic/language