14.8% ▲ +86.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Byron Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Byron Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 15% of people in Byron Bay use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well below the national figure, the community remains more linguistically diverse than nearby towns. English is the dominant language, though a small number of residents speak Italian or Tagalog.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 76.1% of residents, while those who speak little or no English make up 0.9% of the population. This share of non-English speakers is much higher than in most similar areas, even though it is well below the New South Wales figure.
0.9% ▲ +65.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10731/byron-bay/topic/language