SourceTargetCommunity Atlas
Local Government Area · New South Wales

Orange

43,056 residents · 76+ languages recorded at suburb level.

CALD share
11.9%
5,112 people
Growth since last census
+87.5%
vs previous census
In context
0.37× New South Wales avg
0.44× national avg
Population
43,056
CALD residents
5,112
Languages spoken
76
Fastest-growing
+333%
Narrative

Why this matters

Orange is home to 43,056 residents. 11.9% of them speak a language other than English at home. That's 5,112 people whose daily linguistic reality shapes how services, communications and campaigns actually reach them.

This briefing pulls the full ABS Census 2021 picture for Orange into a single shareable document: the languages spoken at home, the communities growing fastest, and the suburb-level variation that a council-wide average hides.

Languages

The twelve most-spoken

Bars show share of LGA residents · growth since last census

  1. 01
    Malayalam285 · 0.7%
    17.3%
  2. 02
    Nepali218 · 0.5%
    94.6%
  3. 03
    Mandarin152 · 0.4%
    24.6%
  4. 04
    Tagalog132 · 0.3%
    180.9%
  5. 05
    Punjabi107 · 0.2%
    84.5%
  6. 06
    Urdu104 · 0.2%
    333.3%
  1. 01
    Hindi93 · 0.2%
    55.0%
  2. 02
    Italian87 · 0.2%
    28.1%
  3. 03
    Shona84 · 0.2%
    95.3%
  4. 04
    Spanish84 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  5. 05
    Thai82 · 0.2%
    290.5%
  6. 06
    Cantonese79 · 0.2%
    2.5%
Composition

Everyone at home

ENGLISH · 88%
OTHER
ENGLISH ONLY 88.1%  ·  OTHER LANGUAGES 11.9%
Malayalam
285 · +17.3%
Nepali
218 · +94.6%
Mandarin
152 · +24.6%
Tagalog
132 · +180.9%
Punjabi
107 · +84.5%
Urdu
104 · +333.3%
Hindi
93 · +55.0%
Italian
87 · -28.1%
Shona
84 · +95.3%
Spanish
84 · +50.0%
Thai
82 · +290.5%
Cantonese
79 · -2.5%
Afrikaans
76 · +94.9%
Filipino
70 · +34.6%
Russian
64 · +20.8%
SIZE = SPEAKERS  ·  TINT = GROWTH SINCE LAST CENSUS
  1. 01
    Malayalam285 · 0.7%
    17.3%
  2. 02
    Nepali218 · 0.5%
    94.6%
  3. 03
    Mandarin152 · 0.4%
    24.6%
  4. 04
    Tagalog132 · 0.3%
    180.9%
  5. 05
    Punjabi107 · 0.2%
    84.5%
  6. 06
    Urdu104 · 0.2%
    333.3%
  7. 07
    Hindi93 · 0.2%
    55.0%
  8. 08
    Italian87 · 0.2%
    28.1%
  9. 09
    Shona84 · 0.2%
    95.3%
  10. 10
    Spanish84 · 0.2%
    50.0%
  11. 11
    Thai82 · 0.2%
    290.5%
  12. 12
    Cantonese79 · 0.2%
    2.5%
Momentum

Fastest-growing languages

Top movers since the last census

#1
Language
Urdu
+333.3%
104 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#2
Language
Thai
+290.5%
82 speakers · 0.2% of LGA
#3
Language
Tagalog
+180.9%
132 speakers · 0.3% of LGA
Use this data

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