6.3% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oakford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Oakford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Oakford compared to the rest of the state. While 90.5% of the population speaks only English, a small number of residents use different languages at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6.3% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This means very few residents struggle with English, with just 0.5% of the population speaking little or no English.
0.5% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Oakford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51174/oakford/topic/language