14.3% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forrestania · Suburb / Locality
Language in Forrestania
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Forrestania use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 14.3% of the population speaks another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 75% of residents speak English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Despite the fact that 14.3% of people use another language at home, no one in Forrestania speaks little or no English. This result is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Forrestania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50516/forrestania/topic/language