5.1% ▲ +42.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coolum Beach · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Coolum Beach speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. However, the 5.1% figure is still far below the national average of 22.3%. Most residents here use only English.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 90.4% of residents. While higher than similar areas, the 0.3% who speak little or no English is well below the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
5.1% ▲ +42.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▼ -29.7%
Higher than 64% 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 Coolum Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30686/coolum-beach/topic/language