9.6% ▲ +52.0%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Byron · Council (LGA)
Language in Byron
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Byron speak a language other than English at home compared to the state or national figures. While 9.6% of residents use another language, this is much lower than the 22.3% seen across Australia. Despite this gap, the number of people using a non-English language has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.3% of the population, while Italian is the most common second language at 0.8%. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.5% ▲ +39.7%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Byron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11350/byron/topic/language