9.1% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cooktown · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cooktown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Cooktown, though the number of people using other languages at home has risen since 2011. While nearly 75% of residents speak only English, about 9% of the community uses another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.4% speaking little or no English.
0.4% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Cooktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30675/cooktown/topic/language