42.8% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forest Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Forest Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more than the national figure of 22.3% use a language other than English at home in Forest Hill, where the rate has climbed to 42.8%. This shift reflects a growing linguistic diversity in the area. Nearly half of all residents now speak a language other than English daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin and Cantonese are the most common non-English languages, spoken by 14.1% and 7.2% of people. This high level of diversity is reflected in the 8.5% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure well above the Victorian average of 4.4%.
8.5% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211041269/forest-hill/topic/language