Balgal Beach · Urban Centre

Language in Balgal Beach

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A tiny 1.6% of people in Balgal Beach speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.

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📍 Balgal Beach, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 87.1% of residents, and the proportion of people using other languages has fallen since 2011. No one in the area reported speaking little or no English in 2021.

1.6% ▼ -70.7%

Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 7.2%
  • 2021: 1.6%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Balgal Beach, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Balgal Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321008/balgal-beach/topic/language