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Orchard Hills · Urban Centre

Language in Orchard Hills

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More than one in five people in Orchard Hills now speak a language other than English at home. This is a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of people using another language has jumped from 0% in 2011 to 19.2% in 2021.

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📍 Orchard Hills, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 19.2% of residents speak another language, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. English is the main language for 79.6% of people, followed by Italian, Arabic and Greek, though very few people (0.7%) speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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19.2% ▲ —

Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▲ —

Higher than 74% 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.

Language used at home

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In Orchard Hills, English only is the majority at 91%; Italian is next at 4%.

English only 79.6% Italian 3.4% Arabic 2.2% Greek 1.7% Hindi 0.7%

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 Orchard Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122104/orchard-hills/topic/language