5.7% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
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Language in Forbes
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Forbes compared to the rest of the country. Only 5.7% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much more linguistically uniform than the state or national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 91.8% of residents. While the proportion of people using another language is higher than in most similar areas, no one in the community reported speaking little or no English.
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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20936/forbes/topic/language