5.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forest Creek · Suburb / Locality
Language in Forest Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Forest Creek, where the number of people using other languages at home has grown since 2011. While 72.8% of residents speak only English, a small but increasing number of households now use other languages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Notably, 2.9% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.9% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31061/forest-creek/topic/language