6.5% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nimbin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nimbin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Nimbin speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 6.5% 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 73.4% of residents. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.4% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.4% ▼ -38.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Nimbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12974/nimbin/topic/language