7.7% ▲ +208.8%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Coconuts · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people use a language other than English at home in Coconuts (L) than in most similar areas. While 7.7% of residents speak another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.6% of people, though Italian (4.3%) and Tagalog (1.4%) are also spoken. No one in the area reported speaking little or no English, and the share of people using another language rose from 2.5% in 2011 to 7.7%.
7.7% ▲ +208.8%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Coconuts [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322028/coconuts/topic/language