13.4% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cobram · Urban Centre
Language in Cobram
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 80.3% of people in Cobram. While most residents speak only English, those who use another language at home make up a much higher proportion of the population than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Italian is the most common non-English language at 3.2%, and 3.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that rose slightly since 2016.
3.5% ▲ +50.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Cobram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214004/cobram/topic/language