8.4% ▲ +58.3%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Orange - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Orange - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Orange - North, where only 8.4% use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this number has risen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, accounting for 87.0% of the population. Only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5% and has barely changed since 2016.
1.0% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
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 - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103041078/orange-north/topic/language