4.7% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 84% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rural Balance · Section of State
Language in Rural Balance
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87% of people in Rural Balance. This area is much less linguistically diverse than most other similar regions, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.7% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This trend has barely changed since 2011, and very few residents—just 0.6%—speak little or no English.
0.6% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 77% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS13/rural-balance/topic/language