34.1% —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oak Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Oak Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a third of the population in Oak Park speaks a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most other places in Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 34.1% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the Victorian average. While this is much higher than most areas, those who speak little or no English make up 3.4% of the population, a figure about the same as the national average. English is the main language for 61.8%, followed by Italian, Mandarin, Arabic and Greek.
3.4% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 Oak Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210031537/oak-park/topic/language