Malayalam
285 speakers
About 0.6 per cent of all residents.
Orange, New South Wales
Languages spoken in Orange
At the 2021 Census, one in 16 residents in Orange spoke a language other than English at home, most often Malayalam. None of those languages reaches one resident in 100. Orange's share is less than half the share for New South Wales.
- Residents
- 44,292
- Speak another language
- 2,735
- Languages at home
- 85
- Change since 2016
- +40.0%
Who speaks another language at home in Orange?
Small as they are, Malayalam, Nepali and Mandarin are the largest.
Which languages make up most of Orange's multilingual community?
The quickest growth among the five is Nepali, which has grown by about three quarters.
The five largest languages other than English, with the change since 2016. The full list is one click away.
How does Orange compare with the City of Sydney?
In the City of Sydney, the share speaking another language is more than double. Orange is 46th among New South Wales councils.
- Orange
- 6.2%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Which suburbs of Orange have the largest multilingual communities?
Across 8 suburbs, Orange leads narrowly.
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- OrangeLed by Malayalam7%2,680
- CanobolasLed by Italian5%33
- Springside (NSW)Led by Persian (excluding Dari)2%14
- Clifton GroveLed by Polish1%8
- Spring Hill (Orange - NSW)0%0
- Lucknow (NSW)0%0
- Spring Creek (NSW)0%0
- Shadforth (NSW)0%0
- 8 suburbs, ordered by the share speaking another language at home, with the head count underneath.
Which countries are Orange's overseas-born residents from?
Among residents born overseas, England leads.
Country of birth
8.7% born overseas, across 79 countries.
- 01England730+14.1%
- 02India491+33.4%
- 03New Zealand412+2.2%
- 04Philippines276+78.1%
- 05Nepal218+106%
- 06China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)180+46.3%
- 07South Africa148+16.5%
- 08Zimbabwe107+13.8%
- 09Germany84+35.5%
- 10Thailand83+277%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation, with the change since 2016.
- 01Christianity25,615-8.6%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs14,688+60.5%
- 03Hinduism475+74.0%
- 04Buddhism329+49.5%
- 05Islam242+90.6%
- 06Judaism10
Figures come from the ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021 (language used at home), aggregated from Statistical Area Level 2 to Local Government Area, with 2016 for comparison.
Other sources sometimes quote 11.8% for Orange. That figure treats the 2,472 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 6.2%, and 6.5% is the share among those who answered.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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