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Forest Lake - Ellen Grove · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Forest Lake - Ellen Grove

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

Much higher proportions of residents speak a language other than English in Forest Lake - Ellen Grove compared to most areas. About 33.2% of people use another language at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area significantly more linguistically diverse than the rest of Queensland.

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📍 Forest Lake - Ellen Grove, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 63.3% of residents, while Vietnamese (7.7%), Mandarin (2.6%), Punjabi (1.6%), and Hindi (1.6%) are also common. This diversity is reflected in the 5.3% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the Queensland average.

People who speak little or no English

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5.3% —

Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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 Forest Lake - Ellen Grove, English only is the majority at 80%; Vietnamese is next at 10%.

English only 63.3% Vietnamese 7.7% Mandarin 2.6% Punjabi 1.6% Hindi 1.6% Cantonese 0.7% Arabic 0.6% Tagalog 0.5% Italian 0.3% Greek 0.1%

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 Lake - Ellen Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310011564/forest-lake-ellen-grove/topic/language