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Ooralea - Bakers Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Ooralea - Bakers Creek

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A sharp rise in the number of people using a language other than English has seen Ooralea - Bakers Creek become more linguistically diverse since 2011. While 10.9% of residents now speak another language at home, this figure remains far below the national average of 22.3%.

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📍 Ooralea - Bakers Creek, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The use of other languages rose 7.5 percentage points since 2011, though 80.9% of people still speak only English. Tagalog is the most common non-English language at 2.4%, and very few people—just 0.8%—speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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10.9% ▲ +223.2%

Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.8% ▼ -36.8%

Lower than 64% 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.

Language used at home

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In Ooralea - Bakers Creek, English only is the majority at 95%; Tagalog is next at 3%.

English only 80.9% Tagalog 2.4% Mandarin 0.6% Hindi 0.5% Italian 0.2% Vietnamese 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Arabic 0.1%

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 Ooralea - Bakers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021350/ooralea-bakers-creek/topic/language