4.2% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oakdale · Urban Centre
Language in Oakdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Oakdale (L) sits around the middle for its level when compared to similar areas for language use. English is the dominant language spoken here, with only 4.2% of people using another language at home. This is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88.6% of the population, which helps explain why the 0.0% who speak little or no English is well below the national figure. While the proportion of people using another language at home rose slightly to 4.2% since 2011, it remains far below the New South Wales average of 26.6%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Oakdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121092/oakdale/topic/language