4.0% ▲ +40.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Language in Belmont
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of residents in Belmont use a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. Only 4% of people speak another language, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 91.2% of people speak only English at home. While 0.4% speak little or no English—a figure higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the state average of 4.5%.
0.4% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
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/sal/SAL10276/belmont/topic/language