5.9% ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ballarat East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ballarat East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 5.9% of people in Ballarat East use a language other than English at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.1% of residents. Just 0.6% speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.
0.6% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Ballarat East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20112/ballarat-east/topic/language