24.0% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Belconnen · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Belconnen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a common part of daily life in Belconnen, where nearly one in four people speak a language other than English at home. This diversity has grown steadily over the last decade to reach 24.0%. While many different tongues are spoken, the vast majority of residents still use English as their primary language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.4% of people, though Mandarin, Vietnamese, Punjabi and Hindi are also common. The proportion of people using another language at home rose 5.6 percentage points since 2011, and 2.6% of the population speaks little or no English.
2.6% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
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/sa3/80101/belconnen/topic/language