5.9% ▲ +92.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oakey · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oakey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 87.6% of people in Oakey, making it a place where very few residents use another language at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, the figure is far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.9% of people use a language other than English at home, though 1.1% speak little or no English. This last figure is much higher than in most similar areas, despite being a little below the Australian average.
1.1% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Oakey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32209/oakey/topic/language