30.9% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Forde · Suburb / Locality
Language in Forde
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language diversity has grown significantly in Forde, with nearly one third of residents now speaking a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its type.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 30.9% of people use another language at home, which is well above the ACT figure of 24.6%. While English is only spoken by 66.1%, Mandarin is the most common second language at 5.3%, followed by Hindi and Vietnamese. About 2.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most other areas.
2.8% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Forde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80056/forde/topic/language