15.5% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nathan · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nathan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 78.6% of people in Nathan. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, the proportion of residents who speak another language at home is still well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is a little above the Queensland figure. Despite this diversity, very few people—just 0.8%—speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
0.8% ▼ -53.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Nathan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32109/nathan/topic/language