36.6% ▲ +58.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oxley Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oxley Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher proportion of people in Oxley Park speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the country. While 36.6% of residents use another language, this is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse of its kind.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 54.9% of residents, with others speaking Arabic, Tagalog, Hindi or Punjabi. Despite the high use of other languages, the 4.0% who speak little or no English is about the same as the state and national figures.
4.0% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Oxley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13121/oxley-park/topic/language