7.8% ▲ +138.5%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cowes · Urban Centre
Language in Cowes
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher language diversity than most similar areas defines Cowes, though the vast majority of residents still speak only English. While only 7.8% of people use a language other than English at home, this figure has more than doubled since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.7% of residents. While 7.8% of people use another language at home—which is far below the national figure of 22.3%—this is still much higher than in most similar areas.
0.9% ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214006/cowes/topic/language