20.9% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balmain · State Electorate
Language in Balmain
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Balmain speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 20.9% of the population uses another language, this is still well below the New South Wales figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 20.9% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that rose 3.0 percentage points since 2011. While this is higher than most similar areas, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is barely changed since 2016 at 2.7%.
2.7% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Balmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10004/balmain/topic/language