6.5% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 69% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 80.8% of people in Rural Balance. This area has a very low proportion of people speaking other languages compared to the rest of the country, a trend that has remained steady for over a decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Because of this, very few people here speak little or no English, at just 0.6%.
0.6% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 76% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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).
More for Rural Balance
Cite this page
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/SOS53/rural-balance/topic/language