1.6% ▼ -52.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nelligen · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost everyone in Nelligen speaks only English at home, making it far less linguistically diverse than most other areas. Very few residents use another language, and there are virtually no people who struggle with English in their daily lives.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.6% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that is far below the national average of 22.3% and has fallen since 2011. This is reflected in the fact that 89.8% speak English only, while 0.0% of the population speaks little or no English.
1.6% ▼ -52.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Nelligen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122096/nelligen/topic/language