30.9% ▲ +55.0%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nightcliff · State Electorate
Language in Nightcliff
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people in Nightcliff speak a language other than English at home compared to the national average. While 30.9% of residents use another language, this is well above the 22.3% seen across Australia. This linguistic variety has grown significantly, rising 11 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 62.5% of residents, but other common tongues include Greek, Punjabi, Tagalog and Mandarin. Despite the high use of other languages, the number of people who speak little or no English is relatively low at 2.4%, which is a little below the national figure.
2.4% ▼ -37.0%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.4%
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/sed/SED70021/nightcliff/topic/language