7.8% ▲ +119.8%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Otford · Urban Centre
Language in Otford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 89.1% of people in Otford (L). While most residents speak only English, the proportion of people using another language at home has more than doubled since 2011 to reach 7.8%. This represents a growing trend in a small community where non-English speaking households remain far less common than in the rest of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.8% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Mandarin is the most common second language at 2.2%, and the number of people who speak little or no English has risen slightly to 0.9% since 2016.
0.9% ▲ —
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Otford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122105/otford/topic/language