6.6% ▲ +1252.1%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fern Tree · Urban Centre
Language in Fern Tree
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rise of 6.1 percentage points since 2011 marks a growing trend in the number of people in Fern Tree (L) using a language other than English at home. While most residents speak only English, the area is now more linguistically diverse than many similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 6.6% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is still far below the national figure of 22.3%, and almost everyone speaks English well, with only 0.4% saying they speak little or no English.
0.4% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Fern Tree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621012/fern-tree/topic/language