5.9% ▼ -55.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coen · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Coen compared to the rest of the country. Only 5.9% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
While 5.9% use another language at home—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Queensland average of 13.2%. Most residents speak only English, and 0.0% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national rate of 3.4%.
5.9% ▼ -55.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Coen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30643/coen/topic/language