13.8% ▲ +850.1%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Byron Bay · Urban Area
Language in Byron Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 77.6% of people in Byron Bay. While most residents speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has jumped 12 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.8%. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.8% of people use a language other than English at home, with Italian being the most common second language at 1.4%. Despite this increase, very few people struggle with English; only 0.8% speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales average.
0.8% ▲ +389.8%
Higher than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1008/byron-bay/topic/language