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Nyah · Suburb / Locality

Language in Nyah

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

English is the main language for 75.2% of people in Nyah. While more residents here speak another language at home than in most similar areas, this is still well below the national figure.

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📍 Nyah, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 15.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Victorian average of 27.6%. However, 6.0% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the Australian average of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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15.5% ▲ +133.2%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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6.0% ▲ +251.6%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Nyah, English only is the majority at 94%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 75.2% Mandarin 1.9% Vietnamese 1.1% Punjabi 0.7% Hindi 0.7% Italian 0.6%

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 Nyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21992/nyah/topic/language