Coowonga · Suburb / Locality

Language in Coowonga

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Coowonga compared to the rest of the country. Just 2% of residents speak a different language, which is 20 percentage points below the national figure.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 90.6% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English here, at 0%, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

2.0% ▼ -14.7%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Coowonga, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Coowonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30711/coowonga/topic/language