24.8% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Crows Nest · Suburb / Locality
Language in Crows Nest
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About one in four people in Crows Nest use a language other than English at home, making it much more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While English is the main language for 71.5% of residents, the local area sees a wider mix of voices than the national typical.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin (3.9%) and Cantonese (2.9%) are the most common non-English languages spoken here. While 24.8% of people use another language at home—which is a little above the national figure—only 2.3% speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
2.3% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Crows Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11132/crows-nest/topic/language