11.5% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nirimba · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nirimba
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language diversity has grown in Nirimba since 2011, with 11.5% of people now using a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.7% of residents, though Punjabi, Hindi and Mandarin are also spoken. Only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas but slightly below the Australian average of 3.4%.
1.2% —
Higher than 78% 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.
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 Nirimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32149/nirimba/topic/language