15.5% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nedlands · Council (LGA)
Language in Nedlands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 81.5% of people in Nedlands, though more residents have started using other languages at home since 2011. While the area is more linguistically diverse than many similar places, it remains well below the national average for non-English speaking households.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.5% of people here use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin being the most common at 4.1%. Despite this, only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
1.2% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Nedlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56580/nedlands/topic/language