6.1% ▲ +65.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oberon · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oberon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 83.9% of people in Oberon. While more residents here use another language at home than in most similar areas, the figure remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Despite this, 1% of residents speak little or no English, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
1.0% ▲ +108.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Oberon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13079/oberon/topic/language