9.3% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nilgen · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nilgen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small proportion of Nilgen residents speak a language other than English at home, at 9.3%. While this is much higher than 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 dominant language, used by 87.1% of residents. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Nilgen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51114/nilgen/topic/language