8.1% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cosgrove · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cosgrove
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Cosgrove, though 8.1% of people now use another language at home. This is higher than most similar areas, even though it is far below the national figure. The area has seen very little change in its linguistic makeup over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, at 83.9%. While Tagalog and Vietnamese are the next most common languages, only 0.6% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.6% ▼ -42.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Cosgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30729/cosgrove/topic/language