6.1% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fernvale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fernvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 83.9% of people in Fernvale, making it the dominant tongue in the area. While more people here use another language at home than in most similar areas, the overall proportion remains very low compared to the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This reflects a strong English-speaking profile, with 0.0% of people reporting they speak little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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).
More for Fernvale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Fernvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11514/fernvale/topic/language