14.0% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balgowlah · Suburb / Locality
Language in Balgowlah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Balgowlah than in most similar areas, although this is still well below the national figure. About 14% of residents use a language other than English at home. English remains the dominant tongue, spoken exclusively by 83.3% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 14% of people use another language at home, very few struggle with English, with only 0.9% speaking little or no English. This is much higher than most similar areas, but well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
0.9% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Balgowlah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10154/balgowlah/topic/language