12.8% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nelson · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nelson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 85% of people in Nelson, though a small number of residents use other languages at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the national and state figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 12.8% of people use a language other than English at home, with Arabic and Italian being the most common. Only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure.
0.9% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Nelson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12931/nelson/topic/language