Ocean Vista · Suburb / Locality

Language in Ocean Vista

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

English is the primary language for 91% of people in Ocean Vista. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, where only 4% of residents use a language other than English at home.

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📍 Ocean Vista, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While very few people use other languages, the 1.9% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas. Arabic is the most common non-English language spoken here at 1.2%.

4.0% ▲ +60.6%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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

1.9% ▲ —

Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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.

Language used at home

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In Ocean Vista, English only is the majority at 99%; Arabic is next at 1%.

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 Ocean Vista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60474/ocean-vista/topic/language