31.0% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oxley · Federal Electorate
Language in Oxley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 31% of people in Oxley speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the Queensland average. This highlights a diverse local population where over a third of residents use a non-English language daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 62.3% of residents, while Vietnamese is the most common other language at 7.8%. This diversity is reflected in the 5.7% of people who speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas.
5.7% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED325/oxley/topic/language