24.4% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forestville · Suburb / Locality
Language in Forestville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 71.7% of people in Forestville. While most residents speak only English, about one quarter of the community uses another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Cantonese and Mandarin being the most common alternatives. This is much higher than most similar areas, though 2.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure also much higher than in most similar areas.
2.5% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Forestville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11551/forestville/topic/language