17.4% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coorparoo · Suburb / Locality
Language in Coorparoo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 79% of residents in Coorparoo. While many more people here speak a second language compared to other local areas, the overall rate is still well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Queensland figure. Despite this, only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, a result that is about the same as the state average.
1.6% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Coorparoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30707/coorparoo/topic/language