4.0% ▲ +127.5%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Balaklava · Urban Centre
Language in Balaklava
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Most people in Balaklava speak only English, putting the area around the middle of similar places for language diversity. While 91.5% of residents use English only, the proportion of people using another language at home rose to 4.0% in 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.0% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Meanwhile, the 0.5% who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, though this is a little below the state figure.
0.5% ▼ -45.3%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Balaklava [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415003/balaklava/topic/language