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Forrest Beach · Suburb / Locality

Language in Forrest Beach

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English has remained the dominant language in Forrest Beach, where only 1.9% of people speak another tongue at home. This is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia, making it a place with very little linguistic diversity.

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📍 Forrest Beach, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 89.3% of people speak only English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3% for other languages. While slightly more common than in similar areas, only 0.2% of residents speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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1.9% ▼ -46.5%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.2% ▲ —

Higher than 63% 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.

Language used at home

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In Forrest Beach, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 89.3% Mandarin 0.4% Italian 0.3%

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 Forrest Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31072/forrest-beach/topic/language