11.1% ▲ +53.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
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.
Much higher proportions of people speak a second language here than in most similar areas, though Belmont (Vic.) remains far less diverse than the state average. Only 11.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the Victorian figure of 27.6%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.7% of people, while Mandarin, Italian, and Hindi are the next most common. Only 1.1% of the population speaks little or no English, a figure that is well below the 4.4% seen across Victoria.
1.1% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20201/belmont/topic/language