46.3% ▲ +51.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Belconnen · Suburb / Locality
Language in Belconnen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people in Belconnen speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the territory. Nearly half the population uses another language, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 46.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the ACT figure of 24.6%. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 11.6%, while 4.4% of people speak little or no English.
4.4% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Belconnen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80024/belconnen/topic/language