Bellingham · Suburb / Locality

Language in Bellingham

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

A massive 22 percentage point gap separates the linguistic profile of Bellingham from the national average. This is an area where almost everyone speaks English, making it far less diverse than most of Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used at home by 88.5% of residents. No one here speaks another language at home, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 8.7% and far below the Australian average of 22.3%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Bellingham, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Bellingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60040/bellingham/topic/language