40.4% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nakara · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nakara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Many different languages are heard in the streets of Nakara, where 40.4% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. The area is much more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the most common language at 52.5%, but Mandarin (6.6%) and Greek (5.5%) are also spoken. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 5.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
5.1% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Nakara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70201/nakara/topic/language