3.2% ▲ +161.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forge Creek · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 86.7% of residents in Forge Creek. This is a very high figure compared to the rest of the country, where far fewer people use only English at home.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.2% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the 0.9% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.2% ▲ +161.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.9% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Forge Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20938/forge-creek/topic/language