Balmoral · Suburb / Locality

Language in Balmoral

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

English remains the dominant language in Balmoral, where the proportion of people using other languages at home is far below the national figure. Only 1.8% of residents speak a language other than English, making it much less linguistically diverse than most Australian areas.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 92% of people speak only English at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. While 1.8% of residents speak another language, such as Hindi, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

1.8% ▼ -2.1%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 1.8%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Balmoral, English only is the majority at 98%; Hindi is next at 2%.

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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20119/balmoral/topic/language