6.7% ▲ +117.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balranald · Suburb / Locality
Language in Balranald
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in Balranald since 2011. While 80.9% of the population speaks only English, 6.7% now use another language, which is higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English remains the dominant language, though 6.7% of people speak another language at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. About 1.9% of residents speak little or no English, a rate that is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.9% ▲ +188.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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 Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10169/balranald/topic/language