16.5% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coolbellup · Suburb / Locality
Language in Coolbellup
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around 16.5% of people in Coolbellup speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is more common than in nearby suburbs, it is still a little below the Western Australian figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.2% of residents, while others speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian or Tagalog. Only 1.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but a little below the national average.
1.5% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Coolbellup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50324/coolbellup/topic/language