Bell · Urban Centre

Language in Bell

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Bell, where very few residents use another language at home. Only 2% of people speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Bell, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 95.5% of residents, and no one in the area speaks little or no English. While the share of people using another language at home rose slightly since 2011 to 2%, this remains much lower than most other areas.

2.0% ▲ +85.6%

Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre 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 Bell, 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 Bell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322014/bell/topic/language