35.9% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bell Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bell Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language diversity has grown significantly in Bell Park, with 35.9% of residents now speaking a language other than English at home. This figure is far above the national average, marking the area as one of the most linguistically diverse among similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 59.5% of people speak only English, 7.1% speak little or no English, which is well above the Australian figure. Other common languages spoken include Italian, Punjabi, Arabic, and Greek.
7.1% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Bell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20191/bell-park/topic/language