30.4% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nightcliff · Suburb / Locality
Language in Nightcliff
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 30% of people in Nightcliff speak a language other than English at home, a figure well above the national average. This creates a diverse community where nearly one in three residents uses a second language, though very few struggle to speak English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 30.4% of people use another language at home, only 2.5% speak little or no English. This diversity is reflected in the mix of languages spoken, with 62.6% speaking English only, followed by Greek at 3.6% and Punjabi at 2.0%.
2.5% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Nightcliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70210/nightcliff/topic/language