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Collie · Urban Centre

Language in Collie

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

English is the primary language for 89% of people in Collie. This is a very low level of linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the country, with far fewer people speaking a foreign language at home than the national average.

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📍 Collie, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 2.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the figures for Western Australia and Australia. This trend has fallen since 2011, and as a result, the 0.3% of people who speak little or no English is well below the national figure.

People using another language at home

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2.5% ▼ -30.6%

Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.3% ▼ -42.4%

Higher than 53% 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.

Language used at home

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In Collie, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 89.0% Italian 0.3% Mandarin 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Tagalog 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1%

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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL514001/collie/topic/language