3.4% ▲ +43.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nambucca Heads · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nambucca Heads
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.4% of people in Nambucca Heads use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure, making it an area where English is overwhelmingly the main way people communicate.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 88% of residents speak only English, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While 0.5% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than in most similar areas.
0.5% ▲ +78.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality 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/sal/SAL12898/nambucca-heads/topic/language