4.7% ▲ +66.6%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oberon · Council (LGA)
Language in Oberon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Oberon, where very few people need translation services. Only 4.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 82.7% of people speak only English, and the 4.7% who use another language at home represents a small increase since 2011. Very few residents struggle with English, with just 0.6% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the state average.
0.6% ▲ +58.3%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Oberon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16100/oberon/topic/language