17.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Koolyanobbing · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small number of non-English languages are spoken in Koolyanobbing, though 17.2% of residents use a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas, even though it is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 41.9% of the community, while Tagalog is the most common other language at 4.3%. Despite the use of other languages, no one in the area speaks little or no English.
17.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Koolyanobbing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50779/koolyanobbing/topic/language