6.8% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 67% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 almost everyone communicates in a single language. Very few residents use a language other than English at home, a trend that has stayed steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.8% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is reflected in the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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/SOS83/rural-balance/topic/language