30.9% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forde · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Forde
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 30% of people in Forde speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This makes the community significantly more linguistically diverse than both the ACT and the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 66.1% speak only English, Mandarin is the most common other language at 5.3%, followed by Hindi at 2.4%. About 2.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.8% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Forde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801041038/forde/topic/language