3.2% ▲ +36.6%
Lower than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 dominant tongue in Rural Balance, where very few people use another language at home. Only 3.2% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, with 90.7% of the population doing so. Only 0.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.3% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 90% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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/SOS63/rural-balance/topic/language