Bellevue Heights · Suburb / Locality

Language in Bellevue Heights

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

English is the main language for 81.9% of people in Bellevue Heights. While this is the dominant tongue, the area has a higher proportion of people speaking other languages at home than most similar places.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 15.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 3.3%, and only 1.1% of people speak little or no English.

15.4% ▲ +7.2%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.3%
  • 2016: 15.1%
  • 2021: 15.4%

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

1.1% ▼ -22.1%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 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 Bellevue Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40092/bellevue-heights/topic/language