5.1% ▲ +66.5%
Lower than 70% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nelson Bay · Urban Area
Language in Nelson Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people have started speaking a language other than English at home in Nelson Bay, though this still only accounts for 5.1% of residents. The area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the country, with nearly 90% of the population using only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1024/nelson-bay/topic/language