19.4% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forrest · Suburb / Locality
Language in Forrest
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Forrest is shaped by a mix of local and international backgrounds, with nearly one in five people speaking a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 19.4% of residents use a language other than English, with Mandarin, Italian, and Greek being the most common. Despite this diversity, very few people struggle with English, as only 0.7% speak little or no English—a figure that is a little below both the territory and national averages.
0.7% ▼ -47.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80057/forrest/topic/language