1.9% ▼ -42.6%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Oakwood · Urban Centre
Language in Oakwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 1.9% of people in Oakwood spoke another language at home in 2021, a figure that has fallen since 2011. English is the dominant language here, with the vast majority of residents using it exclusively.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While very few people use a language other than English, the proportion who speak little or no English rose to 1.1% since 2016. Overall, 94.5% of the community speak only English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Oakwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322095/oakwood/topic/language