5.2% —
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nambour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Nambour
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Nambour than in most similar areas. Only 5.2% of residents speak another tongue at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2016. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 90.1% of the population, leaving just 5.2% who use another language—far below the national figure of 22.3%. Similarly, the 0.4% who speak little or no English is much lower than most areas.
0.4% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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).
More for Nambour
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Nambour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316071548/nambour/topic/language