10.2% ▲ +347.1%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nicholls · Federal Electorate
Language in Nicholls
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started speaking languages other than English in Nicholls, with the share rising by 7.9 percentage points since 2011. While this growth is clear, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state. English is the dominant language for 82.5% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 10.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Those who speak little or no English make up 2.0% of the population, a figure that is a little below the national average and rose slightly since 2016.
2.0% ▲ +290.8%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Nicholls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED236/nicholls/topic/language