7.8% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ballarat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Ballarat
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Ballarat compared to most other areas. English is the dominant tongue here, though the number of people using another language at home has risen slightly to 7.8%. This is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.3% of the population, with Mandarin at 1.7% being the next most common language. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.8% speak little or no English, which is well below the Victorian figure of 4.4%.
0.8% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011002/ballarat/topic/language