46.3% ▲ +51.9%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Belconnen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Belconnen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Belconnen speak a language other than English at home, making it a far more linguistically diverse area than most. This trend has grown significantly over the last decade, with the proportion of multilingual households rising by 16 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home by 48.5% of people, though 11.6% speak Mandarin and others use Cantonese, Vietnamese or Hindi. While 46.3% of residents use another language, only 4.4% speak little or no English, a figure that has fallen since 2016.
4.4% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
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.
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 Belconnen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011002/belconnen/topic/language