52.2% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oatlands - Dundas Valley · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Oatlands - Dundas Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Oatlands - Dundas Valley use a language other than English at home. This makes it a highly multilingual community where 52.2% of residents speak a second language, a figure that has risen by 11 points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 13.8%, followed by Cantonese at 8.2% and Arabic at 5.4%. This diversity is reflected in the 11.1% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
11.1% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Oatlands - Dundas Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125021478/oatlands-dundas-valley/topic/language