5.0% ▲ +106.7%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cobar · Urban Centre
Language in Cobar
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A higher share of people speak a language other than English in Cobar than in most similar areas. While only 5% of residents use another language at home, this is a rise from 2.4% back in 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 79.4% of people. Only 0.5% of the population speak little or no English, which is a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and sits well below the New South Wales average.
0.5% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115039/cobar/topic/language