20.8% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Como · Suburb / Locality
Language in Como
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of residents speak a language other than English in Como compared to most similar areas. While 20.8% of people use another language at home, the vast majority still use English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 74% of the population, though Mandarin (3.3%) and Cantonese (1.3%) are also common. Despite the high use of other languages, only 1.9% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the state figure.
1.9% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Como [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50316/como/topic/language