30.2% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
English is the main language for 62.7% of people in Belmont, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state. About 30.2% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
With 30.2% of people using another language at home, this is among the highest rates for similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the variety of spoken languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi and Arabic, while 4.2% of residents speak little or no English.
4.2% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
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/SAL50105/belmont/topic/language