5.6% ▲ +43.3%
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Orange · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Orange
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in Orange, where very few residents need translation services for daily life. Only 5.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is used by 88.6% of residents, the proportion of people using other languages rose slightly to 5.6% since 2011. Only 0.7% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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/sa3/10304/orange/topic/language