5.3% ▲ +107.7%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nyah West · Urban Centre
Language in Nyah West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 80.6% of people in Nyah West (L). While most residents speak only English, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 5.3%. This remains far below the national figure, though it is higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.3% of residents use another language at home, a figure that rose 2.7 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, 2.4% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest for areas of this size and rose from 0% in 2016.
2.4% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Nyah West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221056/nyah-west/topic/language