8.6% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coolangatta · Suburb / Locality
Language in Coolangatta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more of the population speaks a language other than English in Coolangatta than in most similar areas. However, the suburb remains predominantly English-speaking, with only 8.6% of residents using another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 8.6% of people use another language at home, this is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. English is the main language for 84.1% of residents, and very few people—just 0.7%—speak little or no English.
0.7% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30680/coolangatta/topic/language