3.7% ▼ -83.8%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cootamundra · State Electorate
Language in Cootamundra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.9% of people in Cootamundra. Very few residents use another language at home, and the area has seen a sharp decline in linguistic diversity over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.7% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3% and represents a 19 point drop since 2011. Consistent with this, the 0.7% who speak little or no English is much lower than most areas.
0.7% ▲ +47.9%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Cootamundra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10022/cootamundra/topic/language