52.1% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oakleigh East · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oakleigh East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of all residents in Oakleigh East speak a language other than English at home, putting it among the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This high level of diversity is seen in the 52.1% of people using another language, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 43.8% of the area, while Greek (11.1%), Mandarin (9.0%), and Italian (5.1%) are also common. This variety is reflected in the 8.2% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the Victorian figure of 4.4%.
8.2% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Oakleigh East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22001/oakleigh-east/topic/language