North Coogee · Suburb / Locality

Language in North Coogee

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English remains the dominant tongue in North Coogee, though the area is now more linguistically diverse than most similar places. While 81.1% speak only English at home, the proportion of people using other languages is much higher than in most nearby areas.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 14.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Italian is the most common second language at 2.3%, while only 1.6% of people speak little or no English.

14.5% ▲ +27.6%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 13.1%
  • 2021: 14.5%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

1.6% ▲ +94.9%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 1.6%

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 North Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51135/north-coogee/topic/language