8.6% ▲ +203.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Otford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Otford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Otford, where 87.6% of people use it as their only language at home. While the area is far more linguistically diverse than most similar small towns, the vast majority of residents share a common primary language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This is much higher than most similar areas, though only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English.
0.8% ▼ -60.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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 Otford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13112/otford/topic/language