German
178 speakers
Its speaker count has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Ballina, New South Wales
Languages other than English in Ballina
In Ballina, the 2021 Census counted 4.1 per cent of residents speaking a language other than English at home, led by German and French. The top two are almost level. Across New South Wales, the share speaking another language is more than double.
- Residents
- 46,111
- Speak another language
- 1,874
- Languages at home
- 72
- Change since 2016
- +54.5%
Which communities in Ballina speak another language at home?
These three top a list of small communities.
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French
144 speakers
It has grown by more than half since 2016.
Portuguese
139 speakers
Between the last two censuses it has more than tripled.
How much less multilingual is Ballina than Australia as a whole?
The share nationally is at least twice Ballina's. That puts Ballina in the upper half of New South Wales' councils.
- Ballina
- 4.1%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
Do Ballina's suburbs differ much?
Cumbalum leads, West Ballina trails, and the rest sit close between them.
Pick a suburb to see its languages in full.
- Cabbage Tree Island (Ballina - NSW)10%9
- Lynwood (NSW)Led by German8%17
- RousLed by Dutch6%14
- CumbalumLed by German6%130
- BallinaLed by Punjabi5%497
- Lennox HeadLed by German5%402
- UralbaLed by Japanese5%12
- WollongbarLed by Spanish5%149
- TintenbarLed by Korean4%21
- Pearces CreekLed by Filipino4%11
- TevenLed by Dutch4%11
- KnockrowLed by Japanese4%7
- Dalwood (Ballina - NSW)Led by Afrikaans4%9
- KinvaraLed by Thai4%11
- Skennars HeadLed by French4%47
- Keith HallLed by Filipino3%6
- Pimlico (NSW)Led by Finnish3%16
- WardellLed by Bandjalang3%34
- East BallinaLed by German3%181
- BrookletLed by French3%7
- AlstonvilleLed by Spanish3%160
- East WardellLed by Bislama3%10
- NewrybarLed by Punjabi2%13
- West BallinaLed by Vietnamese2%80
- TuckombilLed by Vietnamese2%6
- Rous MillLed by Afrikaans2%3
- AlstonvaleLed by Greek1%5
- FernleighLed by Italian1%3
- Meerschaum ValeLed by French1%3
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 29 suburbs in all.
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted: 4.1% is residents who named a language other than English, as a share of everyone. Another 2,539 didn't answer the question. Counting them as speaking another language would give 9.6%; leaving them out of the population altogether gives 4.3%. Higher figures quoted elsewhere usually come from one of those.
People with no usual address fall outside any suburb, which is why the national figure here is a fraction under the ABS one. The council figures aren't affected.
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