42.2% ▲ +1156.2%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oatley · State Electorate
Language in Oatley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 39 percentage point jump since 2011 means Oatley has become far more linguistically diverse. Now, 42.2% of people speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 53.5% of residents, followed by Mandarin at 9.1% and Cantonese at 7.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 7.2% who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Australian average.
7.2% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Oatley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10062/oatley/topic/language