Cowley Beach · Suburb / Locality

Language in Cowley Beach

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

English is the main language spoken in Cowley Beach, where 87.7% of people use it exclusively at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country, with very few residents using a language other than English.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.6% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Despite this, the area ranks higher than most similar places for people who speak little or no English, though the local figure remains at 0.0%.

4.6% ▼ -51.4%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.5%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.6%

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 Cowley Beach, 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 Cowley Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30738/cowley-beach/topic/language