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Language in Foster

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

English remains the dominant tongue in Foster, where only 4.6% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, reflecting a community that is much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Foster, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The vast majority of residents speak only English (86.3%), while those who speak little or no English make up just 0.7% of the population. Although this is higher than in most similar areas, it is still well below the Victorian average of 4.4%.

People using another language at home

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4.6% ▲ +26.4%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▲ +69.0%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality 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 Foster, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 86.3% Italian 0.6% Tagalog 0.4% Punjabi 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Vietnamese 0.2%

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 Foster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20940/foster/topic/language