Balingup · Urban Centre

Language in Balingup

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

Most areas of a similar size see similar patterns, but Balingup (L) is far less linguistically diverse than the state or nation. Only 3.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that has dropped significantly over the last decade.

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📍 Balingup, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used by 92.1% of the population. No one in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

3.6% ▼ -80.6%

Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 18.4%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 3.6%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 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 Balingup, 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 Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522002/balingup/topic/language