6.2% ▲ +30.6%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Orange · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Orange
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Orange, though the share of people speaking other languages rose by 1.5 percentage points between 2011 and 2021. Only 6.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This reflects a community where the vast majority of people communicate in English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.2% of people at home, with only 0.8% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the state average. While most residents use English, small numbers of people speak Tagalog, Italian, Cantonese, and Punjabi.
0.8% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103041077/orange/topic/language