2.0% ▲ +57.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oaklands · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oaklands
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 2% of people in Oaklands use a language other than English at home, which is lower than most similar areas. This makes the town far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the nation. English is the primary language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 92.4% of the community. While very few people use other languages, the 1.3% who speak little or no English is actually much higher than in most similar areas.
1.3% ▲ —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Oaklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13070/oaklands/topic/language