8.1% ▲ +46.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Upper Orara · Suburb / Locality
Language in Upper Orara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Upper Orara than in most similar areas, though the overall figure remains low. While 8.1% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.7% of the population. Only 1% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.0% ▲ +112.2%
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 Upper Orara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14059/upper-orara/topic/language