8.6% ▲ +293.9%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forest Hill · Urban Centre
Language in Forest Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 81.3% of people in Forest Hill. While most speak only English, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 8.6%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The number of people using other languages at home rose 6.4 percentage points since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average.
0.8% ▲ +55.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115060/forest-hill/topic/language