2.1% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coleraine · Suburb / Locality
Language in Coleraine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Coleraine than in most similar areas. Only 2.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the town's linguistic profile very uniform compared to the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 88.2% of the population. While 0.0% of people speak little or no English—well below the 3.4% national figure—this is actually higher than the standing of most similar areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Coleraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20614/coleraine/topic/language