47.7% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balwyn North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Balwyn North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Balwyn North use a language other than English at home. This figure has climbed 11 percentage points since 2011, making the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 49.8% of people speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 18.7%, followed by Cantonese and Greek. This diversity is reflected in the 7.5% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the national average.
7.5% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Balwyn North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011148/balwyn-north/topic/language