3.6% ▲ +82.9%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balonne · Council (LGA)
Language in Balonne
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.6% of people in Balonne use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other regions. While this figure has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 86.3% of residents, and those who do speak other languages at home are few, with Tagalog being the next most common at 0.4%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.4% speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Balonne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30300/balonne/topic/language