10.2% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balmoral · Suburb / Locality
Language in Balmoral
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Balmoral use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 10.2% of residents speak another language, this is still well below the Queensland and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86.5% of residents, with small numbers speaking Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, or Greek. Only 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas but a little below the national figure.
0.9% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30132/balmoral/topic/language