Nelligen · Suburb / Locality

Language in Nelligen

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

English is the dominant tongue in Nelligen, where only 2.5% of people speak another language at home. This is around the middle for similar areas, but far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.

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📍 Nelligen, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 89.5% of the population, with Italian being the next most common language at 1.8%. While the proportion of people who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure at 0.0%.

2.5% ▼ -29.3%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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 Nelligen, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 2%.

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 Nelligen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12929/nelligen/topic/language