19.1% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forestdale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Forestdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of residents speak a language other than English in Forestdale compared to most similar areas. Around 19.1% of people use another language at home, which is well above the Queensland figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 77.7% of residents speak only English, Vietnamese is the most common second language at 5.0%. This diversity is reflected in the 3.1% who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.1% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Forestdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31067/forestdale/topic/language