Italian
21 speakers
Spoken at home by 0.2 per cent of residents.
Forbes, New South Wales
Which languages are spoken in Forbes?
English is the only language spoken at home by 90 per cent of residents in Forbes, according to the 2021 Census, and Italian is the most common of the others. The top two are almost level. Forbes' share is less than half the national share.
- Residents
- 9,532
- Speak another language
- 181
- Languages at home
- 29
- Change since 2016
- +9.0%
Which languages other than English are spoken in Forbes?
These three top a list of small communities.
Is Forbes typical of New South Wales?
Across New South Wales, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Forbes sits in the lower half of New South Wales' councils, at 105th of 128.
- Forbes
- 1.9%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
Shares are calculated the same way for each area, so the bars compare directly.
How even is Forbes from suburb to suburb?
Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.
- MulyandryLed by German3%10
- BedgerabongLed by Filipino3%5
- Forbes (NSW)Led by Malayalam2%162
- Corinella (NSW)Led by French1%4
- Gunning Gap0%0
- Wirrinya0%0
- Cookamidgera0%0
- Daroobalgie0%0
- Ootha0%0
- Each percentage is the share of a suburb speaking a language other than English at home, over the number of people. 9 suburbs in all.
Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.
Blank answers matter here. 786 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 1.9%. Count them in and it's 10.1%; drop them from the base and it's 2.1%.
Two caveats: summing suburbs leaves out residents with no usual address, so national totals land a little under ABS published figures, and ranked lists leave out broad ABS categories that don't name a language.
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