13.8% ▲ +95.6%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Byron Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Byron Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Byron Bay, where only 13.8% of people use a language other than English at home. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%, though the variety of languages spoken has grown since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is used by 77.6% of residents, the proportion of people speaking another language at home rose by 6.7 percentage points since 2011. Very few people struggle with the local tongue, with only 0.8% speaking little or no English, which is well below the state average.
0.8% ▲ +39.0%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011240/byron-bay/topic/language