8.3% ▲ +77.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nelson Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nelson Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Nelson Bay speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 8.3% of residents use another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.7% of people. While 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas, this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.9% ▲ +43.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12932/nelson-bay/topic/language