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The Oaks · Urban Centre

Language in The Oaks

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

Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in The Oaks compared to most similar areas. Only 3.1% of residents speak a different language, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state.

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📍 The Oaks, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 93.7% of people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6% for other languages. Consistent with this, the 0.2% of residents who speak little or no English is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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3.1% ▲ +20.2%

Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.2% ▼ -53.9%

Higher than 50% of urban centre 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.

Language used at home

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In The Oaks, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 93.7% Italian 0.6% Arabic 0.3% Mandarin 0.1% Greek 0.1% Hindi 0.1%

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 The Oaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115136/the-oaks/topic/language