2.1% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Nanango · Urban Centre
Language in Nanango
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 2.1% of people in Nanango use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure and has barely changed since 2011, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.7% of residents. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.1% speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has fallen since 2016.
0.1% ▼ -92.7%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 Nanango [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315074/nanango/topic/language