16.9% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coogee · Suburb / Locality
Language in Coogee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 77.6% of people in Coogee, making it the most common way residents communicate. While most speak English, about 16.9% of the community uses another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 16.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Italian is the most common non-English language at 4.3%, while only 1.8% of people speak little or no English.
1.8% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50321/coogee/topic/language