Oaklands Park · Suburb / Locality

Language in Oaklands Park

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Over a quarter of people in Oaklands Park use a language other than English at home, which is well above the South Australian average. This creates a diverse linguistic landscape where 25.2% of residents speak a second language. It is a community where a variety of global languages are common in daily life.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 69.9% of residents speak only English, those using other languages are much more common here than in most areas. Mandarin is the most frequent second language at 4.6%, and about 3.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for this level.

25.2% ▲ +55.9%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.1%
  • 2016: 23.7%
  • 2021: 25.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

3.7% ▼ -21.5%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 3.7%

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 Oaklands Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41067/oaklands-park/topic/language