Cooya Beach · Suburb / Locality

Language in Cooya Beach

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

More people in Cooya Beach use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. Despite this, English remains the dominant tongue, with 81.5% of residents speaking it exclusively.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 7.8% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a result well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

7.8% ▲ +77.4%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 7.8%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 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 Cooya Beach, English only is the majority at 97%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

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 Cooya Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30712/cooya-beach/topic/language