6.5% ▼ -86.6%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nelson · State Electorate
Language in Nelson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Nelson compared to most similar areas. Only 6.5% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than both the Territory and the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 75.8% of residents, while those who speak little or no English make up just 0.5% of the population. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 3.9% and is much lower than most other areas.
0.5% ▼ -83.9%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 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 Nelson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70020/nelson/topic/language