3.3% ▲ +38.0%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nambucca Heads · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Nambucca Heads
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.3% of people in Nambucca Heads use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country. English is the dominant language spoken in the vast majority of households.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.3% of residents, and the proportion of people using another language is far below the New South Wales average. Very few people speak little or no English at 0.5%, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +112.2%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Nambucca Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108021158/nambucca-heads/topic/language