7.2% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Belair · Suburb / Locality
Language in Belair
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Belair, though a slightly higher proportion of people now speak another language at home than in most similar areas. While 90% of residents speak only English, the area's overall linguistic variety is far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Only 0.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.5% ▲ +72.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Belair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40089/belair/topic/language