Malayalam
22 speakers
Malayalam is spoken by 22 of our residents at home, 0.4% of Oberon.
We are Oberon
4 per cent.
4 in every 100 Oberon residents speak a language other than English at home. 219 people, in 30 languages — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to be a community.
- Our population
- 5,573
- Speak another language
- 219
- Languages at home
- 30
- Growth since last census
- +44.1%
Most of us speak English at home. 219 of us do not, across 30 languages, most often Malayalam, Serbian and Bosnian. Small communities are the ones a mainstream service misses first and notices last — which is the whole reason to count them.
In New South Wales
#62
of 128 New South Wales councils for the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. #301 of 540 nationally.
What makes our community ours
Serbian
16 speakers
Serbian is spoken by 16 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Oberon.
Bosnian
16 speakers
Bosnian is spoken by 16 of our residents at home, 0.3% of Oberon.
The languages of Oberon
30 languages carry the conversation at home. Every one of them is spoken here.
Each block below is scaled to the number of people who speak that language at home, and tinted by how fast that community has grown since the last census.
- Grew 50%+
- 25%+
- 10%+
- Held
- Slipped
- Declined 10%+
- Not comparable
Every language, in order
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016. Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in our totals but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.
Why we publish this
3.9% of us
We share this portrait because a council below the New South Wales average is the one most likely to be planned for as though everybody here reads English. 219 of us do not, at home, and a service that reaches everyone except them has not reached everyone. This almanac exists so that the number is on the record before the decision is made.
Who we are, beyond language
Where we were born
7.7% of us were born overseas, across 34 countries.
- 01England129-6.5%
- 02New Zealand67-20.2%
- 03South Africa27+92.9%
- 04India22
- 05Fiji19
- 06Germany16-30.4%
- 07Nepal16
- 08Philippines14
- 09China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)12+300%
- 10France10
What we believe
Reported affiliation in Oberon at the 2021 Census, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity3,149-6.7%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs1,526+40.4%
- 03Islam41+486%
- 04Hinduism37+1133%
- 05Buddhism17-39.3%
- 06Judaism5
Our suburbs
Our linguistic character changes street by street. Click through to any of our 8 suburbs for its own portrait: the languages spoken there, the communities calling it home.
- OberonTop language — Malayalam6%182
- BurragaTop language — Croatian3%8
- Black Springs (NSW)Top language — Italian3%12
- Chatham ValleyTop language — Spanish3%7
- HazelgroveTop language — Indonesian2%6
- Wisemans CreekTop language — German1%4
- Shooters Hill0%0
- O'Connell (NSW)0%0
- 8 suburbs in Oberon. Percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Where we are
Oberon shaded by the share of residents speaking a language other than English at home. Boundaries are ABS ASGS 2021. See every council on one map.
In context
- Oberon
- 3.9%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
- Australia
- 21.3%
3.9% of Oberon residents speak a language other than English at home, against 25.7% for New South Wales and 21.3% nationally. Drawn from the 2021 Census.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
How the headline share is counted. 3.9% is 219 residents as a share of all 5,573 of us. A further 713 did not state a language at all, and we do not count them as speaking one — counting every non-response as a non-English speaker would put this figure at 16.7%, which is a larger number and a weaker claim. Measured only across the residents who answered, the share is 4.5%. If you have seen a higher figure quoted for Oberon, it is almost certainly one of those two.
Two further caveats we would rather state than bury. Summing suburbs omits residents not allocated to one — no usual address, migratory and unincorporated areas — so national totals sit a little under the ABS published figures; the Oberon figures on this page are unaffected. And ranked language lists exclude ABS residual categories such as “Chinese, nfd”, which are not languages anyone can order a translation in; they remain inside the headline total.
Need this community reached in its own languages? Talk to us about translation in Oberon.