4.8% ▲ +46.4%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ballina · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Ballina
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 4.8% of people in Ballina used a language other than English at home in 2021, though this figure has risen 1.5 percentage points since 2011. The area is far less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.4% of residents, leaving only 0.5% who speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.5% ▲ +42.5%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011236/ballina/topic/language