4.4% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nirranda South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nirranda South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between the language spoken in Nirranda South and the rest of the country, with only 4.4% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, which is typical for its region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 87.8% of residents, leaving only 4.4% who use another language at home, a figure far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. Despite this, the area is ranked higher than most similar areas for people who speak little or no English, though the actual figure remains at 0.0%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Nirranda South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21951/nirranda-south/topic/language