4.2% ▲ +161.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ballimore · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ballimore
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people in Ballimore use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.2% of residents speak another language, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much more linguistically uniform than the state or nation.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 80% of residents. While very few people speak other languages, the 2.1% who speak little or no English is actually much higher than in most similar areas.
2.1% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Ballimore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10162/ballimore/topic/language