7.1% ▼ -57.6%
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forrest · Federal Electorate
Language in Forrest
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 7.1% of people in Forrest speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This marks a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of people using other languages has fallen by nearly 10 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 86.7% of the population, leaving very few people who speak little or no English at 0.7%. This figure is a little below the state and national averages and has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED507/forrest/topic/language