16.3% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balgownie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Balgownie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Balgownie, though more people now use a language other than English at home compared to 2011. While 16.3% of residents speak another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most residents speak only English (80.5%), and only 1.9% speak little or no English, a figure that sits a little below the national average.
1.9% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Balgownie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10156/balgownie/topic/language