5.9% ▼ -49.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cottonvale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cottonvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very few people in Cottonvale have changed the languages they speak at home since 2011. While 5.9% of residents use a language other than English, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area remains overwhelmingly English-speaking, with almost everyone able to speak the language well.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 72.5% of people at home, while Italian is the most common other language at 3.9%. Although 5.9% of residents use another language—which is higher than most similar areas—no one in the community reports speaking little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 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.
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 Cottonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30732/cottonvale/topic/language