Balmain, Inner West
What Balmain speaks at home
Most homes in Balmain speak only English. At the 2021 Census, about 1,100 people used another language, most often Mandarin. The share speaking another language is below the figure for Australia as a whole. In all, 42 languages are spoken in its homes.
- Residents
- 10,356
- Speak another language
- 10.7%+4.6%
- Languages spoken
- 42
- Born overseas
- 28.1%
What languages do people in Balmain speak besides English?
Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
- 01Mandarin161+91.7%
- 02Italian122-4.7%
- 03Spanish104+36.8%
- 04French91+9.6%
- 05Greek810%
- 06Vietnamese50-16.7%
- 07German49-5.8%
- 08Russian44+132%
- 09Cantonese40-44.4%
- 10Japanese39-32.8%
Is Balmain more multilingual than New South Wales?
New South Wales has a higher share than Balmain.
- Balmain
- 10.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
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