3.9% ▲ +56.6%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nanango · State Electorate
Language in Nanango
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Nanango compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.9% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This makes the town one of the least linguistically diverse areas in its group.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.5% of residents, while those who speak little or no English make up just 0.5%. This last figure is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Nanango [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30063/nanango/topic/language