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Forestville, Northern Beaches

The languages of Forestville

The 2021 Census found about 2,000 people in Forestville, part of Northern Beaches, speaking a language other than English at home. The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Australia as a whole. In all, 53 languages are spoken in its homes.

Residents
8,398
Speak another language
23.3%+10.7%
Languages spoken
53
Born overseas
29.0%

What languages are spoken in Forestville?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Armenian
    305+5.9%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    266+15.7%
  3. 03
    Mandarin
    248+12.2%
  4. 04
    French
    188+24.5%
  5. 05
    Japanese
    140+26.1%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    73+15.9%
  7. 07
    Italian
    63-23.2%
  8. 08
    Greek
    57+23.9%
  9. 09
    German
    56-30.9%
  10. 10
    Serbian
    47+292%

Where were Forestville's residents born?

England is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    England
    436-9.0%
  2. 02
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    261+18.6%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    155-7.2%
  4. 04
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    154+42.6%
  5. 05
    South Africa
    1120%
  6. 06
    Japan
    100+29.9%
  7. 07
    France
    83+43.1%
  8. 08
    United States of America
    61+19.6%
  9. 09
    Iran
    58-31.0%
  10. 10
    Germany
    57+39.0%

How does Forestville compare with New South Wales?

New South Wales has much the same share.

Forestville (NSW)
23.3%
Australia
21.3%
New South Wales
25.7%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Forestville's religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    4,337-10.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,335+33.3%
  3. 03
    Buddhism
    127-18.1%
  4. 04
    Islam
    67-5.6%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    60+173%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    57+16.3%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Forestville (NSW) is part of Northern Beaches, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.