Nanima · Suburb / Locality

Language in Nanima

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Nanima, where almost everyone speaks it at home. Only 4.4% of people use another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Nanima, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 92.1% of the population, and no one in the area speaks little or no English. This is well below the 3.4% national average, though Mandarin is spoken by a small number of residents.

4.4% ▲ +115.3%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.4%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Nanima, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

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 Nanima [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12902/nanima/topic/language