7.7% —
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Orange · Urban Centre
Language in Orange
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Orange, though more people are using other languages at home compared to previous years. While 7.7% of residents speak a language other than English, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most of the population speaks only English, with 86.7% doing so.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Few people in Orange struggle with English, as only 0.9% speak little or no English. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 4.5%, despite being much higher than most similar areas.
0.9% —
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
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/ucl/UCL112016/orange/topic/language