8.0% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cowes · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cowes
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Cowes compared to the rest of the state. While 8.0% of residents speak another tongue at home—which is higher than in most similar areas—this is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Most locals rely on English for their daily communication.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 85.5% of residents. Small numbers of people speak Italian, Punjabi, Greek, or Mandarin, and the 0.9% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, despite being well below the national figure.
0.9% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20657/cowes/topic/language