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Languages spoken in South Nowra

10.5% of South Nowra residents speak a language other than English at home, across 30 languages (ABS Census 2021).

3,136

Residents

10.5%

+223%

Speak a language other than English

30

Languages spoken

14.5%

+125%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Malayalam
    58+867%
  2. 02
    Nepali
    28+180%
  3. 03
    Punjabi
    28+211%
  4. 04
    Hindi
    24
  5. 05
    Gujarati
    22+633%
  6. 06
    Tagalog
    21+75.0%
  7. 07
    Tamil
    16
  8. 08
    Sinhalese
    15+36.4%
  9. 09
    Spanish
    13+333%
  10. 10
    Telugu
    10

Where residents were born

14.5% born overseas, across 21 countries.

  1. 01
    India
    147+717%
  2. 02
    England
    106+63.1%
  3. 03
    Philippines
    40+186%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    39+44.4%
  5. 05
    Nepal
    21+200%
  6. 06
    Sri Lanka
    18+100%
  7. 07
    Scotland
    12+33.3%
  8. 08
    United States of America
    11+175%
  9. 09
    South Africa
    9+50.0%
  10. 10
    Germany
    8+14.3%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in South Nowra at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,472+35.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,289+117%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    120+500%
  4. 04
    Islam
    27+575%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    22+46.7%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    3

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