Mount Forbes · Suburb / Locality

Language in Mount Forbes

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

English is the owny language spoken in nearly every home in Mount Forbes. Only 1.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

With 93.1% of residents speaking only English, the use of other languages is much lower than in most areas. This is far below the 22.3% national average, and no one in the area speaks little or no English.

1.5% ▼ -42.7%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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

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.

Language used at home

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In Mount Forbes, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Mount Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31961/mount-forbes/topic/language