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Forest Hill · Suburb / Locality

Language in Forest Hill

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

Around the middle of similar areas for language diversity, Forest Hill is a place where very few people speak a language other than English. Only 3% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Forest Hill, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 87.8% of people at home, with Vietnamese being the most common second language at 1.2%. While very few people speak little or no English (0.4%), this is actually higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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3.0% ▼ -0.9%

Lower than 54% 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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0.4% ▼ -77.0%

Higher than 68% 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 Forest Hill, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese is next at 1%.

English only 87.8% Vietnamese 1.2%

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 Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31063/forest-hill/topic/language