3.4% ▲ +79.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Belmont South · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people use a language other than English at home in Belmont South compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.4% of residents speak another language, which is much lower than the national figure of 22.3%. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, with 93.1% of people using only English at home.
English and the largest community languages.
While very few people use other languages, 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure remains well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
3.4% ▲ +79.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.8% ▲ +100.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Belmont South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10278/belmont-south/topic/language