19.2% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forestville · Suburb / Locality
Language in Forestville
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in Forestville speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is a little above the South Australian figure, it remains well below the national average. This creates a diverse linguistic mix in the suburb, though most residents still speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.2% of residents, while Greek (4.6%), Italian (2.1%) and Mandarin (2.0%) are the most common other tongues. Only 2.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the state average.
2.1% ▼ -36.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Forestville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40453/forestville/topic/language