32.1% ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forest Lake · Suburb / Locality
Language in Forest Lake
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one third of people in Forest Lake use a language other than English at home, which is far above the state average. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse in its category, with a significant number of residents speaking a variety of international languages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 32.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the Australian figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the 8.2% who speak Vietnamese, while 5.3% of the population speak little or no English.
5.3% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31064/forest-lake/topic/language