35.7% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bellfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bellfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Bellfield compared to the rest of the country. About 35.7% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the Victorian average and far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 59.2% of the area, while others include Arabic, Greek, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. This diversity is reflected in the 6.3% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above both the state and national averages.
6.3% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Bellfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20198/bellfield/topic/language