15.1% ▲ +751.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Belvedere · Urban Centre
Language in Belvedere
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in Belvedere than in most similar areas. While 15.1% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This shift reflects a significant change for the area, as the number of people using another language has jumped 13 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.2% of residents, with Punjabi being the most common other tongue at 4.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 3.3% who speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for areas of this size and has risen since 2016.
3.3% ▲ +1311.2%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Belvedere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321010/belvedere/topic/language