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East Ballina · Suburb / Locality

Language in East Ballina

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

English remains the dominant tongue in East Ballina, where only 4.2% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, marking the area as much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country.

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📍 East Ballina, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

A vast majority of residents speak only English at home, at 91.2%. While 0.3% of people speak little or no English—a figure higher than in most similar areas—this is still well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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4.2% ▲ +34.8%

Higher than 56% 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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0.3% ▲ +124.9%

Higher than 65% 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 East Ballina, English only is the majority at 99%; Greek is next at 0%.

English only 91.2% Greek 0.2% Vietnamese 0.2% Italian 0.2% Punjabi 0.1% Tagalog 0.1% Arabic 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 East Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11348/east-ballina/topic/language