24.8% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nicholls · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Nicholls
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Nicholls than in most similar areas. Around 24.8% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.5% of residents, while Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.9%. About 2.5% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the ACT figure.
2.5% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 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 Nicholls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801041047/nicholls/topic/language