3.7% ▲ +61.9%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forster · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Forster
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 90.1% of people in Forster. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most of the country, with very few residents using a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.7% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This includes a very small group who speak little or no English, at just 0.3%, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.3% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Forster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108011152/forster/topic/language