38.9% ▲ +325.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oran Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oran Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English at home in Oran Park than in most similar areas. Nearly 39% of residents use another language, a figure that is far above the national average of 22.3%. This mix of languages reflects a diverse community where English is the main tongue for 56.4% of people.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi (3.8%), Arabic (3.4%), and Hindi (2.9%) are the most common languages after English. While many people use other languages, those who speak little or no English make up 3.9% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.9% ▲ +50.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Oran Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13102/oran-park/topic/language