44.3% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oakhurst · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oakhurst
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 49.2% of people in Oakhurst, though the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. Nearly 45% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
With 44.3% of people using another language at home, Oakhurst sits among the highest areas for diversity, well above the 22.3% national average. Common languages include Tagalog, Hindi, and Arabic, while 4.2% of residents speak little or no English.
4.2% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Oakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13069/oakhurst/topic/language