6.2% —
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nepean (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Language in Nepean (Eastern Victoria)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 86.6% of people in Nepean (Eastern Victoria). The area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. This has barely changed since 2016, and only 0.6% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the state average.
0.6% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Nepean (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26102/nepean/topic/language