49.5% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oakleigh South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oakleigh South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Oakleigh South speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the typical Victorian or Australian suburb, with a significant proportion of the community using a mix of languages in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 49.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Greek, Mandarin, Hindi and Vietnamese, and means 7.8% of the population speak little or no English.
7.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22002/oakleigh-south/topic/language