3.9% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 92% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Rural Balance than in most similar areas. English is the dominant tongue for 86.6% of residents, leaving only 3.9% who speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 0.4% of people here speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has barely changed since 2016. Apart from English, the most common languages spoken are Italian, Mandarin, Vietnamese and Tagalog, though each is used by very few residents.
0.4% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 83% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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/SOS33/rural-balance/topic/language