5.4% ▼ -57.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nericon · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nericon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 77.7% of people in Nericon. While more residents here use a second language at home than in most similar areas, the figure remains far below the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.4% of people use a language other than English at home, with Italian being the most common second language at 4.7%. This is higher than most similar areas, and the 1.4% who speak little or no English is also much higher than in most similar places.
1.4% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Nericon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12936/nericon/topic/language