4.7% ▲ +40.3%
Lower than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ballina · Urban Area
Language in Ballina
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 4.7% of people in Ballina use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it an area where English is overwhelmingly the main way people communicate. While the use of other languages has risen slightly since 2011, it remains much lower than in most other Australian areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home for 89.8% of residents. Only 0.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages and has barely changed since 2016.
0.4% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 84% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1003/ballina/topic/language