Bell Park, Greater Geelong

Languages spoken in Bell Park

At the 2021 Census, 35 per cent of residents in Bell Park spoke a language other than English at home, most often Croatian. The next largest is Italian. The share speaking another language is more than three times the figure for Greater Geelong.

Residents
5,419
Speak another language
34.7%+6.1%
Languages spoken
52
Born overseas
31.0%

What languages are spoken in Bell Park?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Croatian
    625+3.0%
  2. 02
    Italian
    119-28.7%
  3. 03
    Macedonian
    101+5.2%
  4. 04
    Serbian
    97-6.7%
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    93+69.1%
  6. 06
    Ukrainian
    64-12.3%
  7. 07
    Russian
    59-6.3%
  8. 08
    Polish
    55-19.1%
  9. 09
    Filipino
    47+80.8%
  10. 10
    Arabic
    43+139%

Where were Bell Park's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up about 1,700 people, most often from Croatia.

  1. 01
    Croatia
    367+7.6%
  2. 02
    India
    148+97.3%
  3. 03
    Italy
    114+2.7%
  4. 04
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    77-25.2%
  5. 05
    North Macedonia
    69
  6. 06
    Philippines
    69-4.2%
  7. 07
    England
    62-24.4%
  8. 08
    Iraq
    51+364%
  9. 09
    Serbia
    49+53.1%
  10. 10
    Pakistan
    46+171%

Is Bell Park more multilingual than Victoria?

The share speaking another language is 1.3 times the figure for Victoria.

Bell Park
34.7%
Greater Geelong
10.6%
Victoria
26.6%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Bell Park's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    3,211-2.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,530+39.9%
  3. 03
    Islam
    166+67.7%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    97+116%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    96+14.3%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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