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Oakdale · Suburb / Locality

Language in Oakdale

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

A small number of residents in Oakdale now speak a language other than English at home, though the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state. While 86.5% of the community speaks only English, about 5.5% use another language, which is higher than in most similar areas.

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📍 Oakdale, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 0.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%. Outside of English, the most common languages spoken are Arabic, Italian and Greek.

People using another language at home

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5.5% ▲ +4.9%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.7% ▲ +23.9%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality 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 Oakdale, English only is the majority at 98%; Arabic is next at 1%.

English only 86.5% Arabic 0.7% Italian 0.5% Greek 0.4% Vietnamese 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 Oakdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13065/oakdale/topic/language