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Cottesloe (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Language in Cottesloe (North Metropolitan)

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

A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Cottesloe compared to the rest of the country. Just 11% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Western Australian and national figures. This makes the area much more linguistically uniform than most other places in the state.

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📍 Cottesloe (North Metropolitan), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 84.4% of residents, with Mandarin at 1.8% and Italian at 0.8% being the next most common. Very few people struggle with English here, as the 0.9% who speak little or no English is lower than the figures for both the state and nation.

People who speak little or no English

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0.9% —

Lower than 70% of state electorate 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.

Language used at home

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In Cottesloe (North Metropolitan), English only is the majority at 95%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 84.4% Mandarin 1.8% Italian 0.8% Cantonese 0.5% Greek 0.3% Hindi 0.2% Arabic 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Cottesloe (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51804/cottesloe/topic/language