Firgrove · Urban Centre

Language in Firgrove

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

English is the dominant tongue in Firgrove, where the proportion of people using another language at home is far below the national figure. Only 1.6% of residents speak a language other than English, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.

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📍 Firgrove, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Almost everyone here speaks only English, with 94.7% of the population using it at home. This is far below the 26.6% seen across New South Wales, and notably, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

1.6% ▼ -19.8%

Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 1.6%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 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 Firgrove, 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 Firgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121040/firgrove/topic/language