90.1% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 90.2%
- 2016: 90.3%
- 2021: 90.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nganmarriyanga · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nganmarriyanga
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A staggering 90.1% of people in Nganmarriyanga use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, with very few residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 6% of residents speak only English at home, while 11.3% speak little or no English. This latter figure is well above the national average of 3.4%.
11.3% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Nganmarriyanga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70206/nganmarriyanga/topic/language