Coolaroo, Hume

Languages spoken in Coolaroo

Coolaroo, in Hume, is a suburb of many languages: about 1,800 people spoke something other than English at home at the 2021 Census. Behind it sits Turkish. The share speaking another language is more than twice the figure for Victoria.

Residents
3,108
Speak another language
57.2%+3.4%
Languages spoken
38
Born overseas
43.6%

How do Coolaroo's languages rank?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Arabic
    444-4.5%
  2. 02
    Turkish
    348-7.2%
  3. 03
    Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
    251-1.2%
  4. 04
    Urdu
    120+96.7%
  5. 05
    Nepali
    114+533%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    67-13.0%
  7. 07
    Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
    56-31.7%
  8. 08
    Somali
    45-15.1%
  9. 09
    Italian
    27-34.1%
  10. 10
    Punjabi
    26-21.2%

Why doesn't one language lead in Coolaroo?

The largest, Arabic, is spoken by about 440 people. There are 8 languages with a share of one in 100 or more.

Which countries are Coolaroo's residents from?

Overseas-born residents make up more than two in five residents, most often from Iraq.

  1. 01
    Iraq
    247-12.7%
  2. 02
    Turkey
    177-1.1%
  3. 03
    Lebanon
    118-1.7%
  4. 04
    Syria
    109+78.7%
  5. 05
    Nepal
    107+569%
  6. 06
    Pakistan
    88+54.4%
  7. 07
    India
    74+45.1%
  8. 08
    Vietnam
    54+5.9%
  9. 09
    England
    42-10.6%
  10. 10
    Philippines
    39+21.9%

Where does Coolaroo sit against Hume?

Hume has a lower share than Coolaroo.

Coolaroo
57.2%
Victoria
26.6%
Hume
48.2%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What religions are reported in Coolaroo?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,161-15.4%
  2. 02
    Islam
    1,036+12.6%
  3. 03
    No religion or secular beliefs
    483+3.0%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    147+259%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    70+7.7%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    5

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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