2.4% ▲ +37.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oakhurst · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Oakhurst, which has seen very little change in its linguistic makeup since 2011. Only 2.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 92.9% of the population. While 2.4% of people use another language at home, this is far below the 22.3% national figure, and only 0.3% of residents speak little or no English.
2.4% ▲ +37.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▲ +68.2%
Higher than 66% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Oakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32211/oakhurst/topic/language