17.8% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nedlands · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nedlands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 79.1% of residents in Nedlands. While most speak only English, the area has a much higher share of people using other languages at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 17.8% of people use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin being the most common alternative at 4.7%. Despite this, only 1.3% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
1.3% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Nedlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51098/nedlands/topic/language