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The Oaks · Suburb / Locality

Language in The Oaks

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

English remains the dominant language in The Oaks, where the proportion of people using another language at home has barely changed since 2011. This is a very linguistically uniform area, with over 92% of residents speaking only English.

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📍 The Oaks, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. While the proportion of people who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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4.0% ▲ +21.8%

Higher than 54% 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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0.2% ▼ -25.9%

Higher than 63% 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 The Oaks, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 92.3% Italian 0.9% Greek 0.3% Arabic 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Hindi 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 The Oaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13847/the-oaks/topic/language