27.3% ▲ +35.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oatley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oatley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a quarter of people in Oatley speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure of 22.3%, reflecting a diverse community where 27.3% of residents use a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 7.4%, followed by Cantonese at 4.5%. While English is spoken by 70.1% of residents, 3.5% speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas.
3.5% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Oatley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13075/oatley/topic/language