31.0% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Belmont · Council (LGA)
Language in Belmont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 31% of people in Belmont speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the state average. This reflects a growing trend toward linguistic diversity in the area, with the number of people using other languages rising by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 61.8% of residents speak only English, others use Mandarin, Arabic, Cantonese, or Tagalog. About 4.1% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
4.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50490/belmont/topic/language