5.6% ▲ +37.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nyah West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nyah West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Nyah West compared to the rest of the country. While 22.3% of Australians use another language at home, the figure here is only 5.6%. Most residents speak only English, though a small number of people use Mandarin.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 82.8% of residents. However, the 2.2% of people who speak little or no English is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas, despite being a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.2% ▲ +195.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21993/nyah-west/topic/language