Ballandean · Suburb / Locality

Language in Ballandean

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Ballandean, where 91.5% of residents speak only this language at home. While more people use a second language here than in most similar areas, the community is far less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Ballandean, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 6% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Italian is the most common second language at 1.6%, and notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

6.0% ▼ -31.5%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.8%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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 Ballandean, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian 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 Ballandean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30128/ballandean/topic/language