17.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coolalinga · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started speaking languages other than English at home in Coolalinga since 2011. While 17.1% of residents now use another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. English is the main language for 62.7% of residents, followed by Punjabi at 2.2% and Mandarin at 1.2%, while only 0.8% speak little or no English.
17.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.8% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 74% 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 Coolalinga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70062/coolalinga/topic/language