27.7% ▲ +52.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nelshaby · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nelshaby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 68.6% of people in Nelshaby, but the area is much more linguistically diverse than most. Nearly 28% of residents speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 27.7% of people use a language other than English at home, with 9% speaking Greek. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.8%, though the 3.2% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national average.
3.2% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Nelshaby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41017/nelshaby/topic/language