1.2% ▼ -60.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lower Belford · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Lower Belford and the rest of the country, with only 1.2% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the dominant language for almost everyone living here.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 96.6% of residents. While only 1.2% of people use another language at home, this group is much higher than in most similar areas, and 1.2% of the population speak little or no English.
1.2% ▼ -60.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.2% ▲ —
Higher than 78% 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 Lower Belford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12410/lower-belford/topic/language