7.6% ▲ +238.4%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balranald · Urban Centre
Language in Balranald
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of residents speak a language other than English in Balranald compared to the rest of the country. While 7.6% of people use another language at home, this is much higher than in most similar areas. English remains the dominant language for nearly 80% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The use of other languages has risen to 7.6% since 2011, and those who speak little or no English rose to 2.3% since 2016. Apart from English, the most common languages are Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese, and Punjabi.
2.3% ▲ +323.7%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115005/balranald/topic/language