7.1% ▲ +71.0%
Higher than 56% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
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Language in Ballarat
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Ballarat is a place where most people speak English. Only 7.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This reflects a community where English is the dominant way of communicating.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88% of the population, with small numbers speaking Mandarin, Punjabi, Hindi and Tagalog. While the share of people using another language rose to 7.1% since 2011, those who speak little or no English have remained steady at 0.7%, a figure well below the Victorian average.
0.7% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 56% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2003/ballarat/topic/language