7.6% ▲ +108.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nowra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Nowra compared to the rest of the country. While 7.6% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most of the population speaks only English, making it less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 81.8% of people. While 1.1% speak little or no English—a figure much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
1.1% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13039/nowra/topic/language