11.2% ▲ +309.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Nowra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a non-English language in South Nowra compared to most similar areas. While 11.2% of residents use another language at home, this is still far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Beyond English, which is spoken by 82.9% of residents, Punjabi, Hindi and Tagalog are the most common languages. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales average.
1.4% ▲ +123.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 South Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13610/south-nowra/topic/language