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Balgowlah Heights · Suburb / Locality

Language in Balgowlah Heights

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language in Balgowlah Heights, where 86.3% of people speak only this language at home. While more residents use other languages than in most similar areas, the overall figure remains far below the national and state averages.

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📍 Balgowlah Heights, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 11.5% of people use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin (1.9%) and Greek (1.5%) being the most common. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.8% speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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11.5% ▲ +15.4%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.8% ▲ +33.9%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Balgowlah Heights, English only is the majority at 95%; Mandarin is next at 2%.

English only 86.3% Mandarin 1.9% Greek 1.5% Italian 0.7% Cantonese 0.6% Hindi 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1%

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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10155/balgowlah-heights/topic/language