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Language in Forth

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

Only 3.1% of people in Forth use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia. The vast majority of residents speak only English.

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📍 Forth, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 90.9% of the community, while Mandarin is the only other language recorded at 1.4%. Despite this, the area is higher than most similar places for the proportion of people who speak little or no English, though it remains well below the national average.

People using another language at home

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3.1% ▲ +299.7%

Lower than 53% 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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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% 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 Forth, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 90.9% Mandarin 1.4%

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 Forth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60211/forth/topic/language