4.3% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 87% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
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.
A far lower share of people use a language other than English at home in Rural Balance compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.3% of residents speak another language, which is 18 percentage points below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, at 87.5%. Very few people speak little or no English (0.6%), a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▲ +14.9%
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/SOS23/rural-balance/topic/language