6.8% ▲ +362.6%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nelson Bay · Urban Centre
Language in Nelson Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in Nelson Bay compared to the state and national figures. While only 6.8% of residents speak another language at home, this is still much higher than most similar areas. English remains the dominant tongue for 88.2% of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home rose 5.4 percentage points since 2011 to 6.8%. Despite this increase, only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
0.8% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.8%
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/ucl/UCL113012/nelson-bay/topic/language