13.5% ▲ +43.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bellbowrie · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bellbowrie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Bellbowrie, though the number of people using other languages at home has risen since 2011. While 13.5% of residents now speak a language other than English, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.5% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. English is the only language spoken by 84.8% of the community, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 1.1%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.0% speak little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Bellbowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30215/bellbowrie/topic/language