Belmont South - Blacksmiths · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Belmont South - Blacksmiths

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

A tiny 2.9% of people in Belmont South - Blacksmiths use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country. English is the dominant language spoken here.

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📍 Belmont South - Blacksmiths, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 92.2% of the population, and the number of people using another language rose slightly since 2011 to 2.9%. Only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

2.9% ▲ +47.5%

Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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

0.4% ▲ +62.1%

Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Belmont South - Blacksmiths, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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 South - Blacksmiths [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111011207/belmont-south-blacksmiths/topic/language