2.3% ▼ -44.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cootharaba · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 86.7% of people in Cootharaba. Very few residents use a language other than English at home, making the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.3% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Meanwhile, the 0.3% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, though still well below the national average of 3.4%.
2.3% ▼ -44.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▲ —
Higher than 66% 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 Cootharaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30710/cootharaba/topic/language