6.3% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forest Grove · Suburb / Locality
Language in Forest Grove
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in Forest Grove than in most similar areas. While 6.3% of residents speak another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87% of people. Despite this, the 1.6% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.6% ▲ —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50512/forest-grove/topic/language