6.2% ▲ +48.8%
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
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Language in Ballarat
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Ballarat compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.2% of residents use another language at home, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.5% of residents. While the number of people using another language at home rose 2.0 points since 2011, those who speak little or no English remain very few at 0.6%, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED202/ballarat/topic/language