Belgian Gardens · Suburb / Locality

Language in Belgian Gardens

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary way people communicate in Belgian Gardens, where only 8% of residents use another language at home. This is far below the national figure, making the area much less linguistically diverse than the typical Australian suburb.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Queensland figure. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.4% speak little or no English.

8.0% ▲ +27.1%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 2021: 8.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.4% ▼ -53.0%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

Language used at home

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In Belgian Gardens, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Belgian Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30209/belgian-gardens/topic/language