17.1% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bellevue Hill · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bellevue Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Bellevue Hill, spoken by 78.8% of residents. While this is well below the national figure, the area remains more linguistically diverse than most similar suburbs.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.1% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Very few residents struggle with the local tongue, with only 1.4% speaking little or no English.
1.4% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Bellevue Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10271/bellevue-hill/topic/language