0.9% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oakenden · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oakenden
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Oakenden, with very few residents using another tongue at home. This consistency is striking as only 0.9% of people speak a language other than English, a figure far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Almost everyone in Oakenden speaks only English, at 98.3%. This explains why the 0.9% of people using another language at home is far below the 22.3% national figure, and why no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Oakenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32208/oakenden/topic/language