Nyngan · Suburb / Locality

Language in Nyngan

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 4.1% of people in Nyngan use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia, making the area overwhelmingly English-speaking.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 90.7% of the population, and very few people—just 0.2%—speak little or no English. Other languages spoken in the area include Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Cantonese, though these represent very small numbers of people.

4.1% ▲ +98.2%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 4.1%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.2% ▲ +47.4%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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.

Language used at home

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In Nyngan, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese is next at 0%.

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 Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13060/nyngan/topic/language