30.4% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nightcliff · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Nightcliff
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 30% of people in Nightcliff use a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 7.7 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most other Australian suburbs. While English remains the most common tongue, a wide variety of other languages are spoken across the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 30.4% of residents speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is seen in the use of Greek, Punjabi, Tagalog and Hindi, though the proportion of people who speak little or no English is only 2.5%.
2.5% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Nightcliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021025/nightcliff/topic/language