9.3% ▲ +463.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cooma · Urban Centre
Language in Cooma
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language used in daily life for Cooma, though the number of people speaking other languages at home has grown. While most residents speak only English, about 9.3% of the population now uses another language, a figure that has risen significantly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This use of other languages has risen from just 1.6% in 2011. Most residents speak English only (82.5%), and only 1.1% of the population speak little or no English.
1.1% ▲ +303.1%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114004/cooma/topic/language