46.4% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Koondoola · Suburb / Locality
Language in Koondoola
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of the people in Koondoola use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This creates a diverse community where 46.4% of residents speak a non-English language, making it one of the most linguistically varied areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 45.8% of residents speak only English, Vietnamese is the most common other language at 9.0%. This linguistic diversity is reflected in the 14.7% of people who speak little or no English, a figure far above both the state and national averages.
14.7% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 Koondoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50781/koondoola/topic/language