11.5% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balmain · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Balmain
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 11.5% of people in Balmain use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of the state, though the proportion of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 84.5% of residents, with Mandarin and Italian being the next most common. Very few people speak little or no English at 1.1%, a figure that is well below the state average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.1% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Balmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/120021387/balmain/topic/language