Koorawatha · Urban Centre

Language in Koorawatha

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

English is the dominant tongue in Koorawatha, where very few people use a foreign language. Only 2.9% of residents speak another language at home, a figure that has fallen since 2011.

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📍 Koorawatha, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Almost everyone here speaks English only, with 89% of the population using it exclusively. The share of people using another language is far below the national figure, and no one in the area reported speaking little or no English.

2.9% ▼ -49.5%

Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 2.9%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Koorawatha, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 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 Koorawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122074/koorawatha/topic/language