13.9% ▲ +180.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bellerive · Suburb / Locality
Language in Bellerive
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of over 5 percentage points separates Bellerive from the Tasmanian average for people using another language at home. While 13.9% of residents speak a language other than English, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This mix of languages reflects a community more diverse than much of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.2% of residents, though Mandarin is the most common second language at 3.2%. Around 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
1.2% ▲ +56.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Bellerive [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60039/bellerive/topic/language