10.4% ▲ +49.1%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oxenford - Maudsland · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Oxenford - Maudsland
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Oxenford - Maudsland have started using languages other than English at home, with this figure rising 3.4 percentage points since 2011. Now, 10.4% of residents speak a language other than English, although this remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, which accounts for 86.1% of the area. While 10.4% use another language—with Mandarin, Punjabi and Cantonese being the most common—only 1.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure slightly lower than the Australian average.
1.1% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Oxenford - Maudsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309071256/oxenford-maudsland/topic/language