13.9% ▲ +174.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Byron Bay · Urban Centre
Language in Byron Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 77.7% of residents in Byron Bay. While most people speak only English, the number of people using another language at home has risen significantly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This figure rose 8.8 percentage points since 2011, though it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people speak little or no English here, at just 0.8%.
0.8% ▲ +124.6%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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/ucl/UCL113004/byron-bay/topic/language