5.9% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nambour · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nambour
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Nambour speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas, though this is still low for the region. Only 5.9% of residents use another language, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 89% of people. While 5.9% use another language at home, very few struggle with English, with only 0.5% of the population speaking little or no English.
0.5% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Nambour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32099/nambour/topic/language