15.1% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cook · Suburb / Locality
Language in Cook
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A smaller share of people in Cook use a language other than English at home compared to the wider region. While 15.1% of residents speak another language, this is well below the figures for both the ACT and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 81.1% of people here. Only 1.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.5% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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 Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80040/cook/topic/language