South Nowra, Shoalhaven

What South Nowra speaks at home

Most homes in South Nowra speak only English. At the 2021 Census, about 330 people used another language, most often Malayalam. Speakers of other languages here has more than tripled since the previous census. Shoalhaven has a lower share than South Nowra.

Residents
3,136
Speak another language
10.5%+223%
Languages spoken
30
Born overseas
14.5%

What languages do people in South Nowra speak besides English?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  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 does South Nowra sit against New South Wales?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for New South Wales.

South Nowra
10.5%
Shoalhaven
3.8%
New South Wales
25.7%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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South Nowra is part of Shoalhaven, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.