Top Languages Spoken in NSW

by thangngo | Jul 30, 2017 | Multicultural Marketing, Statistics

Key multicultural stats for NSW from the 2016 Census.

NSW is one of Australia’s most culturally diverse states where one in four (25%) speaks a language other than English at home. In Sydney the figure rises to one in three (36%). This is due to the high concentration of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) audiences in greater Sydney, only 8% of CALD audiences live outside of Sydney.

Top languages spoken in NSW
The top languages (other than English) spoken at home in NSW and their English proficiency are shown below. The top five languages are unchanged since 2006, however the order have changed.

Mandarin is now the state’s most spoken language, overtaking Arabic. Mandarin is up 72% since the past Census, Hindi is up by 27% and Korean by 26%. All language groups in the top 10 have recorded increases except Greek, down 6% and Italian, down 9% since the 2011 Census.

Rank	Language	High Proficiency	Low Proficiency	Total	Not applicable	Grand Total
1	Mandarin	170426	68165	238591	1351	239947
2	Arabic	167006	31935	198941	1882	200828
3	Cantonese	103820	38770	142590	746	143338
4	Vietnamese	68948	33346	102294	604	102896
5	Greek	68294	12576	80870	816	81685
6	Italian	65141	9594	74735	959	75697
7	Hindi	63456	3020	66476	562	67037
8	Spanish	55340	7518	62858	672	63523
9	Korean	39428	19952	59380	533	59914
10	Tagalog	43363	1313	44676	451	45133
11	Nepali	31883	2434	34317	283	34608
12	Punjabi	29658	3480	33138	291	33429
13	Bengali	28944	2530	31474	207	31687
14	Indonesian	26836	2979	29815	219	30032
15	Urdu	26951	2430	29381	330	29723
16	Tamil	26793	2669	29462	206	29676
17	Macedonian	23063	4749	27812	326	28144
18	Thai	18205	6396	24601	232	24841
19	Filipino	23333	673	24006	209	24211
20	French	22566	958	23524	222	23743
21	German	22090	662	22752	284	23029
22	Portuguese	19524	3233	22757	238	23005
23	Persian (excluding Dari)	17872	3955	21827	209	22044
24	Turkish	17425	3989	21414	210	21623
25	Serbian	17554	3709	21263	220	21489
26	Croatian	18186	2759	20945	208	21149
27	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	15608	4512	20120	193	20316
28	Gujarati	16971	1779	18750	127	18875
29	Russian	15838	2823	18661	110	18765
30	Japanese	14587	2598	17185	136	17321
31	Samoan	14833	1370	16203	338	16544
32	Polish	12547	1452	13999	126	14127
33	Malayalam	12748	1034	13782	96	13885
34	Telugu	11541	816	12357	100	12463
35	Maltese	11264	897	12161	167	12328
37	Khmer	7628	3938	11566	119	11697
38	Sinhalese	10741	435	11176	56	11232
39	Tongan	9175	949	10124	160	10286
40	Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	6229	3049	9278	64	9340
41	Dari	6745	2272	9017	122	9141
42	Dutch	8388	194	8582	111	8688
43	Armenian	6969	827	7796	45	7839
44	Afrikaans	7571	119	7690	51	7735
45	Min Nan	5546	1632	7178	40	7213
46	Chinese, nfd	4554	2512	7066	55	7114
47	Hungarian	5881	596	6477	52	6533
48	Marathi	5615	321	5936	31	5967
49	Lao	3819	1535	5354	51	5405
50	Burmese	3817	1039	4856	37	4902
51	Hazaraghi	2989	1790	4779	64	4834
52	Fijian	4315	152	4467	68	4532
53	Bosnian	3192	654	3846	40	3889
54	Kannada	3468	179	3647	17	3663
55	Hebrew	3316	121	3437	32	3468
56	Czech	3182	187	3369	29	3395
57	Swedish	3184	105	3289	25	3316
58	Inadequately described	2261	624	2885	367	3247
59	Malay	2682	141	2823	19	2838
60	Southern Asian Languages, nfd	2507	205	2712	40	2750
61	Auslan	1971	661	2632	63	2693
62	Kurdish	2082	534	2616	39	2653
63	Pashto	2047	549	2596	57	2650
64	Shona	2511	52	2563	22	2580
65	Romanian	2198	235	2433	21	2450
66	Maori (New Zealand)	2322	59	2381	51	2432
67	Slovak	2104	124	2228	15	2239
68	Ukrainian	1965	224	2189	21	2208
69	Wu	1471	674	2145	3	2147
70	Dinka	1642	335	1977	32	2012
71	Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described	1520	265	1785	41	1828
72	Swahili	1611	140	1751	23	1770
73	Akan	1632	81	1713	31	1743
74	Danish	1682	39	1721	5	1731
75	Hakka	1279	395	1674	9	1675
76	Maori (Cook Island)	1477	93	1570	47	1612
77	Finnish	1436	138	1574	15	1588
78	Mongolian	901	597	1498	8	1507
79	Fijian Hindustani	1386	63	1449	13	1458
80	Krio	1179	95	1274	40	1314
81	Slovene	1165	89	1254	15	1271
82	Somali	1066	164	1230	17	1245
83	Bisaya	976	41	1017	8	1028
84	Rohingya	421	532	953	15	968
85	Norwegian	929	27	956	5	960
86	Latvian	835	29	864	10	871
87	Tibetan	566	280	846	7	859
88	Bulgarian	787	55	842	5	844
89	African Languages, nec	755	65	820	20	841
90	Konkani	786	37	823	4	829
91	Karen	456	370	826	3	825
92	Amharic	693	64	757	20	773
93	Albanian	667	98	765	10	772
94	Mauritian Creole	719	42	761	10	760
95	Cebuano	729	25	754	7	754
96	Lithuanian	686	33	719	5	717
97	Igbo	688	15	703	14	715
98	Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)	594	32	626	8	642
99	Yoruba	616	10	626	3	631
100	Estonian	573	26	599	3	609
101	Indo-Aryan, nfd	555	40	595	12	609
102	Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd	528	30	558	59	609
103	African Languages, nfd	527	59	586	13	600
104	Irish	574	6	580	6	587
105	Tokelauan	392	52	444	12	458
106	Sindhi	425	41	466	4	457
107	Welsh	421	11	432	5	434
108	Sign Languages, nfd	210	165	375	19	387
109	Tigrinya	304	68	372	3	382
110	Wiradjuri	344	7	351	11	374
111	French Creole, nfd	360	10	370	0	368
112	Ndebele	352	0	352	0	355
113	Indo-Aryan, nec	293	42	335	0	334
114	Gaelic (Scotland)	303	0	303	6	321
115	Niue	302	7	309	4	318
116	Oriya	288	26	314	4	309
117	Burmese and Related Languages, nec	189	114	303	12	306
118	Other Southern Asian Languages	287	17	304	0	302
119	Tetum	246	50	296	4	301
120	Iranic, nfd	226	67	293	8	295
121	Uygur	207	84	291	0	288
122	Kirundi (Rundi)	185	51	236	4	248
123	Fulfulde	203	32	235	6	242
124	IIokano	212	15	227	0	220
125	Ilonggo (Hiligaynon)	219	0	219	0	219
126	Rotuman	203	6	209	0	206
127	Tulu	185	3	188	0	197
128	Azeri	166	22	188	3	187
129	Madi	155	30	185	0	184
130	Zulu	164	0	164	3	172
131	Aboriginal English, so described	165	3	168	6	168
132	Swiss, so described	165	0	165	0	168
133	Chin Haka	82	80	162	0	165
134	Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec	153	4	157	3	163
135	Catalan	153	8	161	0	159
136	Hmong	97	54	151	0	153
137	Ewe	127	26	153	4	152
138	Turkmen	129	22	151	0	150
139	Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	120	25	145	0	147
140	Luganda	136	0	136	0	144
141	Assamese	135	4	139	0	138
142	Yiddish	122	3	125	4	136
143	Creole, nfd	124	4	128	0	129
144	Norf'k-Pitcairn	125	0	125	0	127
145	Timorese	92	38	130	6	125
146	Mandinka	101	14	115	4	118
147	Oromo	97	21	118	0	116
148	Pampangan	96	3	99	0	106
149	Georgian	76	18	94	0	103
150	Latin	87	19	106	0	100
151	Tswana	92	0	92	0	95
152	Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nec	87	4	91	0	88
153	Bandjalang	85	0	85	6	88
154	Cypriot, so described	77	13	90	0	87
155	Gumbaynggir	84	0	84	0	87
156	Mandaean (Mandaic)	74	13	87	4	85
157	Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)	71	3	74	4	82
158	Bislama	76	0	76	0	81
159	Kashmiri	76	0	76	0	79
160	Ga	78	3	81	0	77
161	Bari	71	4	75	0	74
162	Czechoslovakian, so described	70	10	80	0	73
163	Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nfd	68	0	68	0	72
164	Icelandic	63	4	67	0	72
165	Pidgin, nfd	68	8	76	0	71
166	Acholi	67	3	70	0	71
167	Gamilaraay	66	3	69	0	70
168	Balinese	56	9	65	0	70
169	Uzbek	58	11	69	0	69
170	Pacific Austronesian Languages, nec	57	10	67	0	69
171	Hausa	55	9	64	0	68
172	Solomon Islands Pijin	66	0	66	0	67
173	Dan (Gio-Dan)	55	4	59	0	64
174	Gilbertese	57	0	57	3	63
175	Burmese and Related Languages, nfd	30	27	57	3	62
176	Zomi	16	41	57	0	60
177	Bemba	58	0	58	0	59
178	Dhivehi	53	4	57	0	59
179	Balochi	50	3	53	0	57
180	Moro (Nuba Moro)	33	12	45	5	57
181	Other Eastern Asian Languages, nec	31	25	56	0	56
182	Key Word Sign Australia	25	23	48	3	55
183	Papua New Guinea Languages, nfd	52	0	52	0	54
184	Motu (HiriMotu)	58	0	58	0	52
185	Liberian (Liberian English)	45	5	50	4	52
186	Themne	44	5	49	0	52
187	Seychelles Creole	45	0	45	3	52
188	Acehnese	28	20	48	0	51
189	Xhosa	39	0	39	6	46
190	Dravidian, nec	41	0	41	0	45
191	Belorussian	36	6	42	0	43
192	Nyanja (Chichewa)	35	0	35	0	41
193	Eastern European Languages, nfd	33	0	33	0	39
194	American Languages	37	6	43	0	38
195	Mon-Khmer, nec	34	7	41	0	35
196	Invented Languages	36	0	36	0	34
197	Anuak	30	5	35	0	33
198	Romany	19	6	25	0	32
199	Dhanggatti	24	6	30	0	31
200	Papua New Guinea Languages, nec	30	0	30	0	30
201	Luo	26	0	26	0	29
202	Dharawal	22	0	22	3	29
203	Bikol	25	0	25	0	28
204	Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd	23	3	26	0	27
205	Yolngu Matha, nfd	25	0	25	3	27
206	Kikuyu	23	0	23	0	27
207	Mon	18	12	30	0	26
208	Middle Eastern Semitic Languages, nec	24	4	28	0	26
209	Tuvaluan	23	0	23	0	26
210	Nuer	17	0	17	0	26
211	Paakantyi	26	3	29	0	24
212	Lingala	26	4	30	0	22
213	Other Southeast Asian Languages	22	0	22	0	22
214	Pacific Austronesian Languages, nfd	19	0	19	3	22
215	Turkic, nec	19	5	24	0	21
216	Javanese	12	3	15	0	21
217	Other Southern European Languages, nec	12	6	18	0	19
218	Bassa	15	0	15	0	19
219	Harari	13	0	13	0	19
220	Sign Languages, nec	9	7	16	0	17
221	Eastern Asian Languages, nfd	12	3	15	0	16
222	Chinese, nec	12	3	15	0	15
223	Nyungar	11	0	11	0	15
224	Shilluk	18	0	18	0	14
225	Iberian Romance, nfd	13	0	13	0	14
226	Iranic, nec	10	3	13	0	14
227	Mann	8	0	8	0	14
228	Yankunytjatjara	11	0	11	0	13
229	Letzeburgish	9	0	9	0	13
230	Basque	17	0	17	0	12
231	Frisian	8	0	8	0	12
232	Celtic, nec	15	0	15	0	11
233	Tai, nec	10	0	10	0	11
234	Nauruan	13	4	17	0	10
235	Iberian Romance, nec	13	0	13	0	10
236	Other Eastern Asian Languages, nfd	13	0	13	0	10
237	Middle Eastern Semitic Languages, nfd	5	0	5	0	10
238	Ngarrindjeri	9	0	9	0	9
239	German and Related Languages, nfd	5	0	5	0	9
240	Iban	4	0	4	0	9
241	Finnish and Related Languages, nfd	10	0	10	0	8
242	Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya	10	0	10	0	8
243	Warlpiri	7	0	7	0	8
244	Kpelle	6	0	6	0	8
245	Southwest and Central Asian Languages, nfd	11	0	11	0	7
246	Arrernte, nec	7	0	7	0	7
247	Gurindji	6	0	6	0	7
248	Scandinavian, nec	5	0	5	0	7
249	Kuuku-Ya'u	6	0	6	3	6
250	Pitjantjatjara	6	0	6	0	6
251	Torres Strait Island Languages, nfd	3	0	3	0	6
252	Krahn	0	0	0	0	6
253	Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nec	0	0	0	0	6
254	Tai, nfd	7	0	7	0	5
255	Finnish and Related Languages, nec	5	0	5	0	5
256	Southern European Languages, nfd	5	0	5	0	5
257	Tiwi	5	0	5	0	5
258	Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nfd	5	0	5	0	5
259	Muruwari	4	0	4	0	5
260	Other Southwest and Central Asian Languages, nec	3	0	3	0	5
261	Murrinh Patha	4	0	4	0	4
262	Guugu Yimidhirr	4	0	4	0	4
263	Meriam Mir	4	0	4	0	4
264	Arrernte, nfd	4	0	4	0	4
265	Portuguese Creole, nfd	4	0	4	0	4
266	Baltic, nfd	0	0	0	0	4
267	Githabul	7	0	7	0	3
268	Yorta Yorta	4	0	4	0	3
269	Celtic, nfd	3	0	3	0	3
270	South Slavic, nfd	3	0	3	0	3
271	Other Eastern European Languages, nec	3	0	3	0	3
272	Southeast Asian Languages, nfd	3	0	3	0	3
273	Anindilyakwa	3	0	3	0	3
274	Kriol	3	0	3	0	3
275	Aromunian (Macedo-Romanian)	0	0	0	0	3
276	Tatar	0	0	0	0	3
277	Luritja	0	0	0	0	3
	Total	1549025	336268	1885293	5594786	7480194

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Note: does not include English and Not Stated. Low Proficiency include “Not Well” or “Not at All”, High Proficiency include “Well” or “Very Well” in relation to English language proficiency.

Top local government areas (LGAs) ranked by the percentage of residents who speak a language other than English (LOTE) at home in NSW.

Rank	LGA	Total	LOTE	% LOTE
1	Fairfield (C)	198816	140724	71
2	Cumberland (A)	216077	141811	66
3	Strathfield (A)	40313	25870	64
4	Burwood (A)	36810	23421	63
5	Canterbury-Bankstown (A)	346300	208323	60
6	Rockdale (C)	109402	61542	56
7	Georges River (A)	146834	78617	54
8	Parramatta (C)	226153	117616	52
9	Liverpool (C)	204330	106094	52
10	Ryde (C)	116304	55901	48
11	Botany Bay (C)	46651	20789	45
12	Blacktown (C)	336965	138300	41
13	Canada Bay (A)	88015	35968	41
14	Willoughby (C)	74303	29896	40
15	Sydney (C)	208376	75386	36
16	Randwick (C)	140659	45112	32
17	The Hills Shire (A)	157243	50112	32
18	Hornsby (A)	142666	44379	31
19	Campbelltown (C) (NSW)	157007	47716	30
20	Inner West (A)	182037	51715	28
21	Ku-ring-gai (A)	118053	32746	28
22	Lane Cove (A)	36050	9514	26
23	North Sydney (A)	67655	15053	22
24	Waverley (A)	66813	14016	21
25	Griffith (C)	25635	5347	21
26	Hunters Hill (A)	13999	2722	19
27	Penrith (C)	196064	33077	17
28	Wollongong (C)	203630	34297	17
29	Woollahra (A)	54239	8376	15
30	Northern Beaches (A)	252876	38209	15
31	Mosman (A)	28476	4302	15
32	Camden (A)	78220	11272	14
33	Sutherland Shire (A)	218465	28411	13
34	Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional (A)	56027	6787	12
35	Shellharbour (C)	68460	7112	10
36	Newcastle (C)	155412	15381	10
37	Armidale Regional (A)	29451	2333	8
38	Coffs Harbour (C)	72949	5460	7
39	Leeton (A)	11167	816	7
40	Albury (C)	51080	3451	6
41	Byron (A)	31556	2126	7
42	Balranald (A)	2290	154	7
43	Wagga Wagga (C)	62383	4128	7
44	Blue Mountains (C)	76902	4708	6
45	Carrathool (A)	2723	164	6
46	Orange (C)	40348	2411	6
47	Hawkesbury (C)	64591	3851	6
48	Central Coast (C) (NSW)	327736	19213	6
49	Wollondilly (A)	48520	2766	6
50	Wingecarribee (A)	47878	2701	6
51	Walgett (A)	6112	326	5
52	Snowy Monaro Regional (A)	20216	1069	5
53	Goulburn Mulwaree (A)	29608	1401	5
54	Western Plains Regional (A)	50075	2348	5
55	Lismore (C)	43134	1989	5
56	Lake Macquarie (C)	197373	8749	4
57	Kiama (A)	21466	931	4
58	Tweed (A)	91374	3851	4
59	Bathurst Regional (A)	41301	1694	4
60	Cobar (A)	4650	189	4
61	Shoalhaven (C)	99649	4013	4
62	Maitland (C)	77307	3067	4
63	Hay (A)	2945	112	4
64	Ballina (A)	41786	1582	4
65	Eurobodalla (A)	37229	1400	4
66	Tamworth Regional (A)	59662	2239	4
67	Yass Valley (A)	16143	572	4
68	Moree Plains (A)	13158	466	4
69	Brewarrina (A)	1645	58	4
70	Snowy Valleys (A)	14398	503	3
71	Lithgow (C)	21090	733	3
72	Muswellbrook (A)	16086	559	3
73	Hilltops (A)	18497	634	3
74	Port Stephens (A)	69556	2371	3
75	Oberon (A)	5301	180	3
76	Murrumbidgee (A)	3838	127	3
77	Edward River (A)	8847	289	3
78	Bellingen (A)	12670	403	3
79	Inverell (A)	16485	521	3
80	Singleton (A)	22990	716	3
81	Berrigan (A)	8462	262	3
82	Port Macquarie-Hastings (A)	78541	2400	3
83	Junee (A)	6295	192	3
84	Bega Valley (A)	33254	1010	3
85	Upper Hunter Shire (A)	14112	420	3
86	Wentworth (A)	6798	200	3
87	Parkes (A)	14611	415	3
88	Bourke (A)	2633	72	3
89	Kyogle (A)	8939	244	3
90	Mid-Western Regional (A)	24079	652	3
91	Cowra (A)	12464	331	3
92	Central Darling (A)	1831	48	3
93	Mid-Coast (A)	90302	2362	3
94	Broken Hill (C)	17709	446	3
95	Murray River (A)	11682	292	3
96	Narrandera (A)	5853	144	3
97	Tenterfield (A)	6624	159	2
98	Nambucca (A)	19210	456	2
99	Bland (A)	5958	138	2
100	Kempsey (A)	28886	647	2
101	Gunnedah (A)	12214	273	2
102	Bogan (A)	2689	60	2
103	Temora (A)	6110	134	2
104	Lachlan (A)	6195	133	2
105	Clarence Valley (A)	50670	1082	2
106	Cabonne (A)	13391	281	2
107	Forbes (A)	9589	201	2
108	Glen Innes Severn (A)	8832	184	2
109	Warren (A)	2730	56	2
110	Gundagai (A)	11144	227	22
111	Warrumbungle Shire (A)	9380	191	2
112	Greater Hume Shire (A)	10357	209	2
113	Gilgandra (A)	4234	84	2
114	Federation (A)	12279	239	2
115	Cessnock (C)	55561	1056	2
116	Narrabri (A)	13083	227	2
117	Richmond Valley (A)	22805	391	2
118	Uralla (A)	6049	98	2
119	Blayney (A)	7259	117	2
120	Upper Lachlan Shire (A)	7694	121	2
121	Lockhart (A)	3121	43	1
122	Weddin (A)	3660	50	1
123	Coonamble (A)	3919	49	1
124	Walcha (A)	3090	38	1
125	Narromine (A)	6444	77	1
126	Coolamon (A)	4313	51	1
127	Gwydir (A)	5255	60	1
128	Liverpool Plains (A)	7689	84	1
129	Dungog (A)	8976	76	0
	Total	7480230	1882018	25

Note: Unincorporated NSW, No usual address (NSW) and Migratory – Offshore – Shipping (NSW).

NSW is home to over 216,000 people who identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander more than any other Australian state or territory. This is an increase of 25% since the 2011 Census. Seven in 10 of the community (68%) live outside greater Sydney.

	0-4	5-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65+	Total
Males	13006	25339	21109	24496	18041	5379	107368
Females	11958	23971	20217	26141	20323	6200	108809
Total	24956	49315	41327	50653	38354	11576	216176

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Top Languages Spoken in Victoria

by thangngo | Jul 16, 2017 | Multicultural Marketing, Statistics

Key Victorian multicultural stats from the 2016 Census.

IDENTITY Communications, the intelligent multicultural marketing agency has compiled key multicultural data from the latest Census:

Top languages spoken in Victoria, including those with low English language proficiency.
Top local government areas ranked by the number of residents who speak a language other than English at home.

Top languages spoken in Victoria (other than English).

Mandarin speakers in Victoria has increased by 85% in the five years between the last two Censuses (2011-2016). It has overtaken Italian and Greek to be the most spoken language, other than English in Victoria. Over the same period, Italian speakers have declined by 10%, Greek by 5%, while Vietnamese has increased by 19% and Cantonese by 7%.

Rank	Language	High Proficiency	Low Proficiency	Total	Not applicable	Grand Total
1	Mandarin	141989	48713	190702	1091	191796
2	Italian	94897	15835	110732	1548	112270
3	Greek	90296	19390	109686	1023	110706
4	Vietnamese	70602	32025	102627	805	103429
5	Arabic	66071	12639	78710	878	79589
6	Cantonese	58939	18676	77615	465	78078
7	Punjabi	49722	5853	55575	593	56166
8	Hindi	48419	2440	50859	379	51236
9	Sinhalese	35093	2049	37142	281	37428
10	Spanish	31256	3895	35151	348	35492
11	Turkish	25490	6028	31518	318	31833
12	Macedonian	24355	4826	29181	321	29487
13	Tamil	23088	2349	25437	230	25664
14	Urdu	20928	2043	22971	228	23204
15	Tagalog/Filipino	39309	1142	40451	373	40828
16	Croatian	17464	2813	20277	236	20508
17	German	18938	536	19474	236	19715
18	French	18409	738	19147	171	19310
19	Russian	14463	3087	17550	135	17684
20	Serbian	13943	2918	16861	189	17055
21	Malayalam	15459	1365	16824	131	16952
22	Maltese	15433	1241	16674	222	16895
23	Indonesian	15543	1123	16666	123	16781
24	Persian (excluding Dari)	13075	3197	16272	149	16433
25	Korean	11061	4333	15394	128	15519
26	Polish	13194	1840	15034	141	15177
27	Gujarati	13609	1351	14960	107	15064
28	Khmer	9535	5045	14580	134	14723
29	Telugu	12090	996	13086	73	13160
30	Dari	8778	3457	12235	156	12386
31	Thai	9377	2189	11566	111	11669
32	Samoan	10523	886	11409	205	11611
33	Japanese	9765	1625	11390	94	11483
34	Bengali	10189	730	10919	78	10997
35	Nepali	9382	957	10339	70	10413
36	Non-verbal, so described	361	7036	7397	1806	9210
37	Hazaraghi	5746	3192	8938	121	9061
38	Dutch	8266	215	8481	109	8600
39	Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	5430	2290	7720	55	7784
40	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	5469	2034	7503	72	7571
41	Somali	6283	1054	7337	119	7454
42	Portuguese	6471	783	7254	48	7299
43	Chinese, nfd	4484	2571	7055	40	7097
44	Albanian	5619	1136	6755	73	6832
45	Hungarian	5950	708	6658	73	6729
46	Bosnian	4825	982	5807	75	5884
47	Min Nan	4800	919	5719	30	5750
48	Afrikaans	5451	77	5528	36	5563
49	Hakka	3965	1536	5501	35	5532
50	Karen	2414	2715	5129	43	5177
51	Hebrew	4962	173	5135	31	5172
52	Romanian	4558	517	5075	46	5127
53	Malay	4641	270	4911	33	4946
54	Dinka	3971	827	4798	75	4874
55	Pashto	3522	1105	4627	61	4691
56	Inadequately described	2810	1120	3930	348	4278
57	Burmese	2600	1541	4141	34	4177
58	Marathi	3700	158	3858	22	3878
59	Amharic	3248	419	3667	65	3724
60	Kannada	3463	170	3633	20	3654
61	Tongan	2930	269	3199	61	3257
62	Chin Haka	1474	1654	3128	24	3142
63	Auslan	2175	629	2804	74	2870
64	Ukrainian	2473	334	2807	36	2839
65	Southern Asian Languages, nfd	2561	254	2815	31	2839
66	Swahili	2129	290	2419	24	2443
67	Mauritian Creole	2214	146	2360	20	2367
68	Tigrinya	1835	349	2184	34	2218
69	Shona	2062	35	2097	38	2129
70	Oromo	1735	321	2056	45	2104
71	Armenian	1768	220	1988	14	2004
72	Lao	1502	478	1980	20	1999
73	Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described	1612	281	1893	22	1911
74	Swedish	1834	64	1898	6	1910
75	Burmese and Related Languages, nec	813	994	1807	8	1823
76	Slovene	1606	105	1711	23	1740
77	Maori (New Zealand)	1607	48	1655	26	1674
78	Kurdish	1138	453	1591	14	1606
79	Nuer	1356	215	1571	26	1599
80	Slovak	1410	171	1581	7	1592
81	Czech	1434	114	1548	10	1564
82	Maori (Cook Island)	1368	80	1448	27	1464
83	Yiddish	1163	102	1265	32	1295
84	French Creole, nfd	1168	38	1206	15	1217
85	Danish	1051	20	1071	17	1092
86	Latvian	970	37	1007	7	1008
87	Fijian	953	28	981	19	1007
88	Konkani	912	47	959	7	965
89	Finnish	888	67	955	8	964
90	Wu	640	300	940	0	938
91	Creole, nfd	785	40	825	10	847
92	Bisaya	764	38	802	5	811
93	Cebuano	670	26	696	7	705
94	Bulgarian	636	59	695	0	698
95	Yoruba	656	8	664	7	675
96	Lithuanian	605	36	641	9	654
97	African Languages, nfd	541	77	618	8	631
98	Zomi	241	375	616	6	619
99	Hmong	377	179	556	14	573
100	African Languages, nec	500	62	562	12	572
101	Sindhi	521	42	563	5	570
102	Rohingya	219	332	551	15	566
103	Fijian Hindustani	506	13	519	11	530
104	Norwegian	493	21	514	7	520
105	Harari	449	51	500	9	517
106	Akan	449	27	476	7	484
107	Igbo	421	21	442	10	450
108	Irish	395	13	408	5	412
109	Tibetan	263	134	397	0	395
110	Burmese and Related Languages, nfd	187	193	380	3	382
111	Indo-Aryan, nfd	311	21	332	11	348
112	Tetum	277	53	330	6	337
113	Iranic, nfd	214	115	329	0	331
114	Kirundi (Rundi)	228	85	313	9	319
115	Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)	302	8	310	3	314
116	Welsh	285	5	290	4	301
117	Estonian	272	17	289	3	293
118	Krio	269	20	289	8	289
119	Uygur	196	78	274	0	271
120	Timorese	186	69	255	3	259
121	Gaelic (Scotland)	236	9	245	4	243
122	Oriya	218	17	235	0	235
123	Tulu	224	12	236	0	230
124	Indo-Aryan, nec	191	21	212	0	213
125	Ndebele	193	0	193	3	200
126	Shilluk	175	21	196	3	199
127	Sign Languages, nfd	105	84	189	11	199
128	Pidgin, nfd	186	3	189	0	184
129	Other Southern Asian Languages	174	10	184	0	183
130	Mongolian	129	45	174	0	177
131	Ilonggo (Hiligaynon)	168	5	173	0	175
132	Bari	144	22	166	3	173
133	Dhivehi	161	7	168	0	172
134	Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd	147	9	156	8	155
135	Luganda	134	9	143	7	145
136	Nauruan	146	0	146	0	145
137	Assamese	128	3	131	0	137
138	IIokano	128	0	128	0	135
139	Catalan	124	14	138	3	132
140	Mon-Khmer, nec	90	42	132	0	126
141	Ewe	102	13	115	0	116
142	Swiss, so described	114	0	114	0	115
143	Cypriot, so described	101	17	118	0	115
144	Acholi	91	13	104	3	113
145	Zulu	100	5	105	0	109
146	Tswana	108	0	108	0	109
147	Tigre	88	15	103	0	105
148	Niue	109	0	109	0	102
149	Azeri	93	10	103	0	100
150	Latin	87	11	98	4	99
151	Romany	76	16	92	3	97
152	Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	67	21	88	3	97
153	Dan (Gio-Dan)	82	10	92	3	93
154	Uzbek	65	21	86	0	92
155	Kashmiri	80	8	88	0	89
156	Bemba	79	0	79	0	83
157	Belorussian	76	14	90	0	82
158	Georgian	52	23	75	0	75
159	Pampangan	70	0	70	0	74
160	Mandinka	58	13	71	0	65
161	Nyanja (Chichewa)	57	0	57	0	64
162	Yorta Yorta	58	0	58	0	59
163	Tuvaluan	56	3	59	0	58
164	Hausa	48	7	55	0	57
165	Liberian (Liberian English)	43	9	52	0	57
166	Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nec	42	6	48	0	54
167	Gilbertese	51	3	54	0	54
168	Turkmen	47	9	56	0	53
169	Dravidian, nec	48	3	51	0	50
170	Key Word Sign Australia	20	24	44	0	47
171	Fulfulde	36	3	39	6	46
172	Aromunian (Macedo-Romanian)	40	5	45	0	45
173	Madi	41	9	50	0	45
174	Ga	38	11	49	0	43
175	Lingala	32	0	32	0	42
176	Invented Languages	36	0	36	0	42
177	Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nfd	42	0	42	0	41
178	Icelandic	42	3	45	0	40
179	Kikuyu	41	0	41	0	39
180	Eastern European Languages, nfd	32	8	40	0	36
181	Luo	24	4	28	0	36
182	Pacific Austronesian Languages, nec	27	10	37	0	36
183	Papua New Guinea Languages, nfd	35	0	35	0	36
184	Mon	20	14	34	0	35
185	Bikol	32	0	32	0	34
186	Other Southern European Languages, nec	34	0	34	0	33
187	Balinese	24	0	24	0	33
188	Mandaean (Mandaic)	30	0	30	3	32
189	Loma (Lorma)	23	7	30	0	32
190	Bislama	32	0	32	0	32
191	American Languages	29	3	32	0	31
192	Seychelles Creole	23	0	23	0	30
193	Moro (Nuba Moro)	18	3	21	0	30
194	Spanish Creole, nfd	28	0	28	0	30
195	Mann	23	3	26	0	29
196	Motu (HiriMotu)	23	5	28	0	29
197	Aboriginal English, so described	25	0	25	0	28
198	Xhosa	25	0	25	0	27
199	Tokelauan	23	0	23	0	26
200	Czechoslovakian, so described	23	0	23	0	25
201	Balochi	20	0	20	0	25
202	Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)	14	0	14	3	25
203	Wiradjuri	19	0	19	0	24
204	Krahn	15	0	15	6	24
205	Papua New Guinea Languages, nec	20	8	28	0	24
206	Anuak	14	9	23	0	23
207	Nyungar	21	0	21	0	19
208	Celtic, nfd	18	7	25	0	18
209	Bassa	19	0	19	0	18
210	Warlpiri	12	0	12	0	17
211	Frisian	12	0	12	0	15
212	Tatar	12	0	12	0	15
213	Pitjantjatjara	18	0	18	0	15
214	Rotuman	15	0	15	0	15
215	Sign Languages, nec	11	4	15	0	15
216	Javanese	19	0	19	0	14
217	Other Eastern Asian Languages, nec	11	3	14	0	14
218	Kriol	18	0	18	0	14
219	Paakantyi	11	0	11	0	13
220	Pacific Austronesian Languages, nfd	17	0	17	0	13
221	Yapese	12	0	12	0	13
222	Turkic, nec	15	0	15	0	12
223	Murrinh Patha	10	0	10	0	12
224	Wergaia	13	3	16	0	12
225	Chinese, nec	9	0	9	0	11
226	Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec	10	0	10	0	11
227	Solomon Islands Pijin	10	0	10	0	11
228	Letzeburgish	14	0	14	0	10
229	Other Southeast Asian Languages	3	0	3	0	10
230	Yolngu Matha, nfd	3	0	3	0	10
231	Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nec	4	0	4	0	10
232	Iranic, nec	7	0	7	0	9
233	Middle Eastern Semitic Languages, nec	10	0	10	0	9
234	Ngarrindjeri	9	0	9	0	9
235	Portuguese Creole, nfd	12	0	12	0	9
236	Southeast Asian Languages, nfd	5	0	5	0	8
237	Tai, nec	5	5	10	0	8
238	Iban	3	4	7	0	8
239	Celtic, nec	7	0	7	0	7
240	Norf'k-Pitcairn	7	0	7	0	7
241	Basque	6	0	6	0	6
242	Arrernte, nec	9	0	9	0	6
243	Manyjilyjarra	6	0	6	0	6
244	Kanai	6	0	6	0	6
245	Kpelle	0	0	0	0	6
246	Tiwi	5	0	5	0	5
247	Wangkatha	4	0	4	0	5
248	Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nfd	9	0	9	0	5
249	Scandinavian, nfd	4	0	4	0	4
250	Iberian Romance, nec	3	0	3	0	4
251	Yidiny	4	0	4	0	4
252	Torres Strait Island Languages, nfd	4	0	4	0	4
253	Wajarri	5	0	5	0	4
254	Finnish and Related Languages, nec	0	0	0	0	3
255	Iberian Romance, nfd	4	0	4	0	3
256	Other Eastern European Languages, nec	0	0	0	0	3
257	Djambarrpuyngu	3	0	3	0	3
258	Guugu Yimidhirr	3	0	3	0	3
259	Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec	3	0	3	0	3
260	Yankunytjatjara	4	0	4	0	3
261	Bandjalang	3	0	3	0	3
262	Bidjara	3	0	3	0	3
263	Other Languages, nfd	3	0	3	0	3
	Total	1,259,541	262,977	1,522,518	16,212	1,538,793

Note: “Not Stated” is not included. Low Proficiency include “Not Well” or “Not at All”, High Proficiency include “Well” or “Very Well” in relation to English language proficiency.

Top local government areas (LGAs) ranked by the number of residents who speak a language other than English at home in Victoria.

Brimbank LGA has the highest number of residents who speak a language at home with over 113,000 people followed by Casey. However, in terms of percentage of residents who speak a language other than English at home, Greater Dandenong tops the list with 64% followed by Brimbank.

Rank	LGA	Total	LOTE	% LOTE
1	Brimbank (C)	194315	113454	58
2	Casey (C)	299296	107270	36
3	Greater Dandenong (C)	152052	98020	64
4	Monash (C)	182617	91553	50
5	Wyndham (C)	217118	89168	41
6	Hume (C)	197376	88551	45
7	Whittlesea (C)	197490	86972	44
8	Melbourne (C)	135964	65452	48
9	Moreland (C)	162564	62047	38
10	Whitehorse (C)	162080	59510	37
11	Darebin (C)	146722	54340	37
12	Manningham (C)	116260	49410	42
13	Boroondara (C)	167232	45570	27
14	Glen Eira (C)	140875	44368	31
15	Melton (C)	135443	43582	32
16	Kingston (C)	151389	39350	26
17	Knox (C)	154109	38824	25
18	Moonee Valley (C)	116674	34718	30
19	Maribyrnong (C)	82285	34443	42
20	Banyule (C)	121869	26431	22
21	Hobsons Bay (C)	88777	25757	29
22	Greater Geelong (C)	233426	24809	11
23	Stonnington (C)	103831	24067	23
24	Port Phillip (C)	100863	20761	21
25	Yarra (C)	86652	19316	22
26	Maroondah (C)	110372	18721	17
27	Frankston (C)	134144	15242	11
28	Bayside (C)	97092	14236	15
29	Yarra Ranges (S)	149542	10708	7
30	Cardinia (S)	94130	10569	11
31	Greater Shepparton (C)	63839	9397	15
32	Mornington Peninsula (S)	154996	8402	5
33	Nillumbik (S)	61274	5635	9
34	Ballarat (C)	101689	5502	5
35	Mildura (RC)	53878	5126	10
36	Greater Bendigo (C)	110479	5103	5
37	Latrobe (C)	73257	4837	7
38	Mitchell (S)	40916	2948	7
39	Swan Hill (RC)	20587	2371	12
40	Wodonga (C)	39347	2364	6
41	Macedon Ranges (S)	46103	2064	4
42	Baw Baw (S)	48477	1922	4
43	Moorabool (S)	31820	1691	5
44	Wellington (S)	42986	1621	4
45	East Gippsland (S)	45041	1589	4
46	Bass Coast (S)	32806	1577	5
47	Warrnambool (C)	33655	1455	4
48	No usual address (Vic.)	7572	1396	18
49	Moira (S)	29108	1335	5
50	Wangaratta (RC)	28310	1302	5
51	Surf Coast (S)	29402	1180	4
52	Campaspe (S)	37054	1091	3
53	South Gippsland (S)	28700	972	3
54	Alpine (S)	12335	946	8
55	Colac-Otway (S)	20971	885	4
56	Horsham (RC)	19641	744	4
57	Hepburn (S)	15327	716	5
58	Golden Plains (S)	21687	649	3
59	Mount Alexander (S)	18762	637	3
60	Glenelg (S)	19556	443	2
61	Murrindindi (S)	13730	432	3
62	Southern Grampians (S)	15941	427	3
63	Ararat (RC)	11599	421	4
64	Benalla (RC)	13863	393	3
65	Indigo (S)	15953	364	2
66	Northern Grampians (S)	11436	361	3
67	Moyne (S)	16499	358	2
68	Mansfield (S)	8589	343	4
69	Strathbogie (S)	10272	340	3
70	Central Goldfields (S)	12993	325	3
71	Hindmarsh (S)	5725	308	5
72	Corangamite (S)	16053	268	2
73	Loddon (S)	7512	222	3
74	Gannawarra (S)	10548	208	2
75	Buloke (S)	6202	163	3
76	Yarriambiack (S)	6675	161	2
77	Towong (S)	5986	155	3
78	Pyrenees (S)	7240	152	2
79	West Wimmera (S)	3905	82	2
80	Queenscliffe (B)	2854	81	3
	Total	5926624	1538831	26

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Status by Age and Gender in Victoria.

	0-4	5-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65+	Total
Males	2,752	5,284	4,583	5,760	4,101	1,137	23,617
Females	2,725	5,123	4,486	6,017	4,429	1,379	24,159
Total	5,476	10,414	9,073	11,776	8,538	2,518	47,795

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Key Statistics From The 2016 Australian Census

by thangngo | Jul 1, 2017 | Statistics

Key multicultural stats from the 2016 Census June 27 release.

The Census is the most comprehensive research into diverse communities in Australia. IDENTITY, the intelligent multicultural marketing agency, has summarised key multicultural stats from the June release of the 2016 Census below, including:

Top languages spoken in Australia, other than English.
Top 35 languages ranked by low English proficiency.
Top 50 countries of birth in Australia.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Status by Age and Gender.

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Top languages spoken in Australia (other than English).

4.9m people speak a language other than English in Australia according to the 2016 Census. That’s an increase of 1m since the last Census in 2011. Mandarin is now our most spoken language other than English, by a long way – almost double the next language group, Arabic.

All languages recorded in the Census ranked by total Australian population. To sort by a State or Territory, click on the arrow pointers at the top of the corresponding column. For example, to find the top languages spoken in NSW, click on the arrow pointer to the right of the NSW column. For top languages spoken in Victoria, click on the pointer on the right of VIC.

Rank	Language	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS	NT	ACT	Total
1	Mandarin	239945	191793	69474	28780	47840	3971	2163	12408	596711
2	Arabic	200825	79589	13644	9292	14132	829	361	3040	321728
3	Cantonese	143333	78079	24900	9666	19339	972	729	3853	280943
4	Vietnamese	102896	103430	25914	19017	20247	442	1215	4216	277400
5	Italian	75694	112272	20009	29106	29401	1096	765	3245	271597
6	Greek	81683	110707	10538	22993	4790	1191	3245	2436	237588
7	Tagalog/Filipino	69344	40831	28370	9347	25585	938	5039	2995	182493
8	Hindi	67034	51241	18163	7310	10747	639	852	3646	159652
9	Spanish	63527	35494	21006	5669	10415	936	487	3273	140817
10	Punjabi	33435	56171	17991	9306	12223	489	670	2215	132496
11	Korean	59912	15519	19620	3600	7107	506	360	2370	108997
12	German	23033	19714	16488	6453	9320	1576	842	1913	79353
13	Tamil	29681	25662	5520	2701	6888	306	516	1883	73161
14	French	23743	19313	11988	2720	9597	820	646	2047	70873
15	Urdu	29722	23205	4957	2942	5368	291	441	2369	69293
16	Indonesian	30032	16782	5551	1822	10934	253	1191	1325	67891
17	Macedonian	28144	29487	1264	633	5849	18	26	599	66019
18	Sinhalese	11234	37423	5907	2640	4939	222	527	1721	64612
19	Nepali	34606	10414	5918	4504	2831	1647	1219	866	62005
20	Turkish	21620	31832	2054	697	1727	88	53	285	58355
21	Persian (excluding Dari)	22044	16434	6713	4745	6703	593	151	937	58313
22	Croatian	21156	20504	4009	3075	5556	270	43	2272	56885
23	Japanese	17319	11480	16877	2200	5859	601	506	1116	55966
24	Thai	24839	11669	8126	1955	6403	490	866	1077	55444
25	Bengali	31687	10992	3683	2406	3263	148	432	1941	54566
26	Serbian	21488	17057	4759	4175	5038	127	61	1095	53801
27	Malayalam	13881	16950	7614	3692	7544	254	1274	1994	53206
28	Gujarati	18873	15059	6065	4345	7435	80	275	739	52888
29	Russian	18763	17685	6005	3289	3218	317	134	895	50314
30	Portuguese	23003	7301	8634	1550	7070	109	532	654	48853
31	Polish	14124	15175	5224	5677	5978	685	118	1089	48083
32	Samoan	16544	11609	14969	155	943	49	117	486	44869
33	Afrikaans	7735	5560	12525	2362	14208	375	308	652	43741
34	Khmer	11694	14720	2545	4255	1569	26	251	369	35428
35	Telugu	12456	13158	3442	1325	2169	110	255	1519	34435
36	Dutch	8686	8600	7157	2551	5100	903	243	582	33835
37	Non-verbal, so described	11716	9206	4860	2219	3611	366	398	790	33179
38	Maltese	12327	16898	1357	846	387	19	6	153	31987
39	Dari	9139	12386	2129	3408	2822	160	15	368	30437
40	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	20317	7567	274	14	124	3	0	44	28349
41	Hazaraghi	4831	9060	1611	3922	2560	132	44	100	22272
42	Chinese, nfd	7115	7095	2330	1292	1211	232	62	637	19979
43	Hungarian	6533	6730	3478	1409	1232	129	89	290	19895
44	Malay	2838	4948	1893	1015	5899	189	143	326	17942
45	Min Nan	7210	5749	1327	810	2481	35	63	200	17905
46	Tongan	10286	3257	3054	130	440	41	122	364	17691
47	Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	9341	7779	35	7	3	0	0	8	17172
48	Burmese	4901	4176	1202	514	4904	108	168	348	16321
49	Bosnian	3885	5881	2549	1406	1877	61	25	138	15832
50	Somali	1244	7457	2441	415	2528	18	26	45	14176
51	Marathi	5969	3879	1038	708	1066	56	53	288	13055
52	Romanian	2451	5125	2365	968	1857	48	25	115	12955
53	Inadequately described	3246	4274	2381	793	1362	312	184	290	12847
54	Dinka	2010	4869	1781	1780	1600	11	104	537	12701
55	Maori (New Zealand)	2429	1680	4264	222	2859	52	178	58	11747
56	Swahili	1773	2447	2262	2004	2364	143	232	238	11460
57	Shona	2583	2129	1757	624	3215	51	356	324	11037
58	Hebrew	3468	5177	716	189	623	22	16	133	10341
59	Karen	827	5175	1404	350	2067	168	48	228	10270
60	Armenian	7843	2005	115	111	103	4	0	24	10194
61	Auslan	2695	2874	2336	852	941	204	61	155	10112
62	Lao	5404	1999	863	708	226	20	47	718	9983
63	Kannada	3663	3655	839	453	801	32	30	225	9701
64	Pashto	2654	4692	532	590	546	15	21	184	9233
65	Albanian	772	6834	512	579	404	14	20	48	9181
66	Hakka	1679	5533	488	93	595	6	531	47	8989
67	Swedish	3317	1905	1940	396	1009	120	66	206	8956
68	Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd	610	159	2299	618	1545	21	3482	44	8803
69	Fijian	4525	1008	1700	172	370	34	175	131	8145
70	Czech	3392	1562	1394	484	783	124	51	150	7938
71	Southern Asian Languages, nfd	2748	2841	1042	389	680	31	58	118	7915
72	Ukrainian	2208	2836	706	1097	617	52	18	141	7676
73	Kriol	3	19	364	3	2376	0	4390	0	7155
74	Amharic	769	3724	685	498	890	151	9	87	6812
75	Kurdish	2654	1604	592	754	533	19	4	42	6199
76	Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole)	78	25	5901	4	103	0	55	4	6171
77	Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described	1828	1913	895	507	811	13	7	88	6061
78	Finnish	1589	968	2115	260	417	115	42	473	5962
79	Danish	1728	1089	1631	286	766	98	57	118	5777
80	Slovak	2238	1588	731	363	414	27	10	61	5437
81	Maori (Cook Island)	1612	1468	1609	63	308	10	21	28	5107
82	Creole, nfd	133	844	3414	106	172	8	203	68	4939
83	Chin Haka	166	3143	150	574	720	12	42	0	4806
84	Tigrinya	378	2215	711	325	745	125	4	76	4583
85	Djambarrpuyngu	0	3	6	0	0	0	4275	0	4282
86	Mauritian Creole	762	2368	82	19	929	3	14	19	4200
87	Slovene	1269	1736	466	265	200	22	17	108	4089
88	Bisaya	1025	808	937	314	667	45	152	97	4061
89	Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian)	643	315	1887	86	603	22	92	94	3741
90	Burmese and Related Languages, nec	309	1828	525	356	312	54	3	29	3407
91	Wu	2150	936	106	72	51	3	0	62	3384
92	Pitjantjatjara	8	13	14	1847	364	3	868	3	3125
93	Kirundi (Rundi)	247	324	1002	878	576	24	39	7	3097
94	Akan	1742	486	209	110	423	13	11	105	3095
95	Oromo	115	2101	183	134	405	79	18	12	3047
96	Latvian	875	1007	277	492	161	28	15	97	2950
97	Norwegian	964	523	717	172	370	38	20	91	2898
98	Cebuano	756	705	535	234	450	20	78	42	2820
99	African Languages, nec	845	571	465	288	480	46	38	59	2786
100	Fijian Hindustani	1464	535	542	45	52	0	19	45	2710
101	Bulgarian	843	704	411	334	330	18	15	24	2682
102	Krio	1315	292	262	162	346	34	9	115	2530
103	Yoruba	635	672	381	149	462	24	50	93	2465
104	Hmong	151	573	1667	0	0	43	0	18	2449
105	Konkani	830	967	194	108	255	8	13	44	2416
106	Other Southern Asian Languages	306	182	130	62	1159	19	7	533	2398
107	French Creole, nfd	367	1215	182	23	552	0	4	40	2385
108	Warlpiri	7	16	15	50	39	0	2171	3	2304
109	Rohingya	964	566	609	51	23	0	19	4	2248
110	African Languages, nfd	602	626	350	140	402	22	26	54	2232
111	Nuer	19	1601	136	69	289	10	34	0	2157
112	Mongolian	1507	181	194	46	121	12	0	88	2144
113	Tiwi	6	6	9	8	3	0	2006	0	2040
114	Igbo	716	450	237	146	250	31	47	152	2035
115	Pidgin, nfd	78	190	1544	50	17	11	81	46	2021
116	Lithuanian	722	654	165	244	151	29	5	36	1999
117	Murrinh Patha	4	8	4	0	3	0	1958	0	1973
118	Irish	586	412	299	73	473	24	25	40	1941
119	Estonian	608	290	314	117	411	21	55	20	1844
120	Kunwinjku	0	0	0	0	3	0	1703	0	1710
121	Welsh	434	300	365	147	365	23	17	43	1688
122	Sindhi	458	574	259	111	101	3	11	69	1592
123	Alyawarr	0	0	19	3	0	0	1523	0	1548
124	Yiddish	137	1294	28	4	27	7	0	5	1495
125	Anindilyakwa	0	0	19	0	0	0	1458	0	1484
126	Tibetan	857	391	81	35	22	19	0	74	1473
127	Indo-Aryan, nfd	611	349	226	60	95	12	10	28	1400
128	Ndebele	356	203	198	51	420	3	87	49	1363
129	Sign Languages, nfd	388	200	415	98	124	36	18	12	1296
130	Ngaanyatjarra	0	0	0	4	1097	0	11	0	1112
131	Tetum	300	337	63	41	117	7	222	20	1105
132	Zomi	63	620	234	181	3	13	0	0	1104
133	Acholi	72	111	420	143	253	55	28	0	1089
134	Norf'k-Pitcairn	125	9	166	3	11	0	3	3	1035
135	Uygur	289	271	50	397	10	0	0	3	1025
136	Gaelic (Scotland)	317	247	177	48	161	19	15	22	1006
137	Burarra	0	0	6	0	3	0	986	0	995
138	Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya	12	3	930	0	3	0	8	0	957
139	Luritja	3	0	0	15	27	0	904	0	955
140	Tokelauan	455	28	402	13	41	0	17	0	953
141	Burmese and Related Languages, nfd	58	379	87	96	288	26	0	10	951
142	Madi	185	42	286	148	172	73	14	13	934
143	Iranic, nfd	296	326	84	89	91	0	3	5	891
144	Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	144	98	350	137	120	16	0	13	880
145	Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec	0	3	854	0	3	0	13	0	875
146	Bari	79	169	93	147	319	19	19	12	853
147	Arrernte, nec	8	7	16	31	7	0	780	0	840
148	Niue	311	108	269	10	80	8	0	3	787
149	Bemba	61	81	87	21	513	3	6	12	783
150	Guugu Yimidhirr	0	7	765	0	0	0	0	0	775
151	Yolngu Matha, nfd	27	9	40	0	8	0	633	0	724
152	Martu Wangka	0	0	0	0	720	0	7	0	724
153	Oriya	313	236	58	23	43	4	0	41	721
154	Indo-Aryan, nec	335	217	44	43	56	7	3	14	716
155	Swiss, so described	171	114	218	35	128	20	20	9	711
156	Ilonggo (Hiligaynon)	220	176	130	56	96	5	17	3	696
157	Motu (HiriMotu)	54	27	543	13	13	0	22	15	693
158	Arrernte, nfd	0	0	3	3	0	0	674	0	688
159	Zulu	170	110	107	44	164	9	37	21	664
160	Mon-Khmer, nec	39	128	462	0	3	22	0	5	655
161	Aboriginal English, so described	169	31	188	90	119	0	25	23	651
162	Tulu	191	230	50	24	88	0	7	0	585
163	Mandinka	121	63	162	173	48	8	7	0	582
164	Harari	17	514	17	4	25	0	0	0	576
165	Papua New Guinea Languages, nfd	56	32	410	14	27	3	19	11	570
166	IIokano	222	135	73	37	75	0	22	6	559
167	Ewe	155	119	83	68	94	0	9	18	541
168	Dhivehi	62	168	61	59	147	10	3	27	539
169	Anmatyerr, nec	0	0	0	3	0	0	521	0	531
170	Fulfulde	243	41	52	43	136	0	3	9	525
171	Seychelles Creole	51	27	166	7	275	0	0	0	522
172	Uzbek	72	87	154	169	29	3	0	8	518
173	Luganda	138	148	74	34	85	3	3	11	498
174	Timorese	125	263	15	6	23	0	58	0	498
175	Nyungar	15	21	12	11	419	0	8	0	475
176	Wiradjuri	372	22	37	0	0	0	3	19	457
177	Tswana	93	106	84	37	90	4	7	23	451
178	Wik Mungkan	0	3	442	0	0	0	0	0	450
179	Azeri	188	100	54	16	56	6	0	17	445
180	Catalan	164	132	72	18	37	11	0	8	443
181	Western Arrarnta	0	0	0	14	0	0	422	0	440
182	Yankunytjatjara	13	4	3	110	8	0	287	0	420
183	Nyanja (Chichewa)	43	66	45	40	196	12	10	15	416
184	Gurindji	3	0	3	0	3	0	390	0	405
185	Gilbertese	66	53	189	19	18	0	35	13	387
186	Eastern Arrernte	0	0	6	4	0	0	381	0	385
187	Yindjibarndi	0	0	0	0	375	0	0	0	377
188	Assamese	140	139	34	12	37	0	0	25	373
189	Maung	0	0	0	0	0	0	376	0	371
190	Rotuman	206	17	98	4	26	3	7	5	363
191	Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec	169	14	57	30	28	44	16	8	362
192	Turkmen	155	55	36	66	24	0	0	3	336
193	Torres Strait Island Languages, nfd	11	4	292	0	13	0	16	3	335
194	Dhuwaya	0	0	0	0	0	0	334	0	334
195	Kuku Yalanji	0	0	326	0	0	0	0	0	323
196	Warumungu	0	0	6	3	3	0	302	0	321
197	Bardi	0	0	0	0	318	0	0	0	321
198	Nauruan	13	143	147	0	0	0	0	7	312
199	Ngarrindjeri	5	4	0	292	3	0	7	0	312
200	Manyjilyjarra	0	3	0	0	310	0	0	0	311
201	Latin	103	98	59	20	15	7	0	7	309
202	Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nec	88	56	79	14	51	4	3	9	305
203	Lingala	22	36	82	59	67	4	19	0	301
204	Solomon Islands Pijin	66	11	142	5	36	0	8	17	294
205	Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nfd	73	45	45	14	106	0	6	3	291
206	Icelandic	75	43	81	16	64	0	0	0	286
207	Walmajarri	0	0	0	0	279	0	7	0	283
208	Mon	23	35	8	12	56	0	0	143	282
209	Nunggubuyu	0	0	0	0	0	0	276	0	276
210	Pacific Austronesian Languages, nec	71	34	115	11	15	0	7	9	267
211	Bislama	77	36	105	10	7	5	7	13	266
212	Dhuwal, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	265	0	266
213	Liberian (Liberian English)	52	57	69	38	23	0	10	3	251
214	Balochi	56	25	14	15	142	0	0	3	251
215	Tuvaluan	23	60	148	0	10	0	5	3	249
216	Cypriot, so described	87	111	12	31	3	0	4	0	249
217	Pampangan	99	73	44	8	20	0	0	0	249
218	Anuak	34	22	106	16	57	3	0	0	242
219	Ngarinyman	0	0	0	0	12	0	220	0	234
220	Shilluk	12	200	0	0	4	0	0	4	231
221	Ga	81	41	30	28	38	0	3	7	227
222	Wangkatha	0	3	8	0	213	0	0	0	225
223	Dan (Gio-Dan)	62	91	8	28	31	0	0	0	222
224	Key Word Sign Australia	54	42	70	6	29	0	3	3	218
225	Meriam Mir	0	0	195	0	3	0	21	0	217
226	Jaru	0	0	0	0	207	0	3	0	217
227	Kashmiri	78	89	16	6	9	0	0	8	215
228	Nyangumarta	0	0	0	0	211	0	0	0	211
229	Kuuk Thayorre	0	0	204	0	0	0	3	0	205
230	Hausa	64	57	20	19	32	11	0	5	202
231	Balinese	69	32	40	9	37	0	13	0	199
232	Georgian	103	73	7	9	0	0	0	3	198
233	Moro (Nuba Moro)	54	28	52	0	53	5	0	0	188
234	Belorussian	47	81	16	19	13	0	0	3	187
235	Kune	0	3	0	0	0	0	175	0	180
236	Ndjebbana (Gunavidji)	0	0	0	0	0	0	173	0	177
237	Tigre	4	103	6	15	35	0	0	4	170
238	Kija	0	0	0	0	162	0	0	0	169
239	Romany	31	96	13	3	21	3	0	0	167
240	Mandaean (Mandaic)	85	32	24	7	14	0	0	0	164
241	Czechoslovakian, so described	73	28	20	18	17	3	0	3	161
242	Xhosa	41	27	35	9	33	0	0	4	159
243	Eastern European Languages, nfd	40	38	5	9	64	0	0	0	157
244	Miriwoong	0	0	0	0	139	0	13	0	156
245	Papua New Guinea Languages, nec	26	27	69	4	4	7	3	6	152
246	Pintupi	0	0	0	0	60	0	80	0	147
247	Gupapuyngu	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	0	146
248	Mayali	0	0	0	0	0	0	146	0	145
249	Wajarri	0	5	0	0	108	0	27	0	145
250	Adnymathanha	0	0	0	130	0	0	3	0	140
251	Kikuyu	21	40	5	25	37	0	8	0	137
252	Luo	24	30	24	7	32	0	3	7	135
253	Gooniyandi	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	0	134
254	Invented Languages	32	37	15	23	13	3	0	4	131
255	Kukatja	0	0	0	0	121	0	9	0	130
256	Garrwa	0	0	12	0	0	0	117	0	129
257	Dhuwala, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	0	125
258	Iwaidja	0	0	0	3	0	0	112	0	123
259	Kaytetye	0	0	0	0	0	0	118	0	122
260	Other Eastern Asian Languages, nec	58	19	34	3	3	0	6	0	120
261	Dravidian, nec	44	48	14	0	3	0	0	0	118
262	American Languages	36	28	26	4	12	0	3	4	116
263	Gumatj	0	0	0	0	0	0	116	0	116
264	Tatar	3	9	0	86	0	4	0	0	113
265	Bandjalang	91	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	113
266	Bikol	29	28	25	16	8	0	0	3	111
267	Djinang, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	107	0	107
268	Gamilaraay	69	0	25	0	0	0	0	3	105
269	Anmatyerr, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	101	0	105
270	Banyjima	0	0	0	0	105	0	0	0	104
271	Acehnese	54	0	33	0	15	0	0	0	104
272	Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd	27	0	32	0	0	0	41	0	102
273	Mudburra	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	0	92
274	Gudanji	0	0	25	0	0	0	62	0	91
275	Djapu	0	0	0	0	37	0	49	0	90
276	Gumbaynggir	87	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	90
277	Galpu	0	0	0	0	0	0	89	0	89
278	Mann	11	29	18	21	10	0	0	0	88
279	Other Southern European Languages, nec	22	36	11	7	13	0	0	0	85
280	Pacific Austronesian Languages, nfd	22	9	49	0	6	0	0	0	85
281	Turkic, nec	20	15	11	3	21	0	0	0	80
282	Javanese	21	18	5	4	14	0	3	7	78
283	Bassa	24	19	3	15	10	0	6	3	77
284	Loma (Lorma)	3	32	4	7	26	0	3	0	75
285	Themne	53	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	69
286	Krahn	7	22	9	23	6	0	0	3	68
287	Mangala	0	0	0	0	68	0	0	0	68
288	Basque	15	13	43	0	4	0	0	0	65
289	Lardil	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	65
290	Dhalwangu	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	0	62
291	Iban	9	7	8	9	33	0	0	0	62
292	Yorta Yorta	3	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	62
293	Wambaya	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	61
294	Yawuru	0	3	0	0	44	0	17	0	61
295	Nyikina	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	0	61
296	Other Southeast Asian Languages	21	4	13	4	9	0	0	3	58
297	Na-kara	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	58
298	Wangurri	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	58
299	Sign Languages, nec	20	17	17	0	0	3	0	3	56
300	Frisian	14	14	16	7	3	0	0	5	55
301	Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nec	3	9	40	0	0	0	3	3	55
302	Ganalbingu	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	0	54
303	Kaurna	0	0	0	45	4	0	0	0	53
304	Kuninjku	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	0	51
305	Liyagalawumirr	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	0	51
306	Wardaman	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	50
307	Spanish Creole, nfd	3	26	10	0	0	0	0	7	49
308	Gun-nartpa	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	0	49
309	Letzeburgish	16	7	5	0	10	0	0	0	48
310	Aromunian (Macedo-Romanian)	3	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	47
311	Tai, nec	11	7	9	0	0	0	3	8	46
312	Gurr-goni	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	0	46
313	Bilinarra	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	46
314	Gundjeihmi	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	46
315	Djabugay	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	46
316	Dhangu, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	0	45
317	Middle Eastern Semitic Languages, nec	28	7	3	4	3	0	0	0	44
318	Girramay	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	44
319	Rembarrnga	4	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	43
320	Ngarluma	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	42
321	Paakantyi	29	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	42
322	Bunuba	0	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	41
323	Karajarri	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	41
324	Kiwai	0	0	34	0	0	0	9	0	40
325	Yanyuwa	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	39
326	Yinhawangka	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	39
327	Ngarinyin	0	0	0	0	38	0	3	0	38
328	Eastern Asian Languages, nfd	16	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	38
329	Chinese, nec	13	9	0	3	3	0	0	0	34
330	Dhanggatti	32	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	34
331	Celtic, nec	17	5	6	4	4	0	0	0	31
332	Iberian Romance, nfd	16	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	30
333	Celtic, nfd	3	21	4	0	0	0	0	3	29
334	Daatiwuy	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	29
335	Ngaliwurru	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	29
336	Dhuwal, nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	28
337	Dharawal	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27
338	Ngan'gikurunggurr	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	26
339	Warlmanpa	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	26
340	Kimberley Area Languages, nec	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	26
341	Narungga	0	3	0	21	0	0	4	0	25
342	Nyamal	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	25
343	Iberian Romance, nec	13	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	24
344	Batjala	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	24
345	Jingulu	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	23
346	German and Related Languages, nfd	9	0	7	3	5	0	0	3	22
347	Ritharrngu	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	22
348	Bidjara	0	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	22
349	Kartujarra	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	21
350	Scandinavian, nec	3	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	20
351	Cape York Peninsula Languages, nfd	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	7	19
352	Waanyi	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	0	19
353	Kariyarra	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
354	Kpelle	3	3	8	3	5	0	0	0	19
355	Iranic, nec	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
356	Middle Eastern Semitic Languages, nfd	10	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	19
357	Yidiny	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	19
358	Dhay'yi, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	18
359	Wagilak	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	18
360	Wagiman	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	18
361	Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nfd	4	5	4	0	0	0	8	0	18
362	Arnhem Land and Daly River Region Languages, nec	0	0	9	0	0	0	8	0	18
363	Yugambeh	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	18
364	Warramiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	17
365	Rirratjingu	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	17
366	Southwest and Central Asian Languages, nfd	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	17
367	Liyagawumirr	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	16
368	Jawoyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	16
369	Yulparija	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	16
370	Southeast Asian Languages, nfd	3	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	16
371	Kukatha	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	16
372	Other Eastern Asian Languages, nfd	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
373	Marrithiyel	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
374	Wubulkarra	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
375	Arabana	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	15
376	Djinba, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	14
377	Larrakiya	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0	14
378	Wergaia	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
379	Other Eastern European Languages, nec	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	13
380	Muruwari	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	12
381	Finnish and Related Languages, nec	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	12
382	Portuguese Creole, nfd	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
383	Finnish and Related Languages, nfd	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11
384	Tai, nfd	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
385	Yapese	0	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	11
386	Wurlaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	10
387	Malak Malak	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
388	Wangkajunga	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
389	Other Eastern European Languages, nfd	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	10
390	Kuuku-Ya'u	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
391	Koko-Bera	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	10
392	Wunambal	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
393	Other Languages, nfd	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	9
394	Djinang, nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
395	Madarrpa	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
396	Marra	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
397	Dyirbal	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	8
398	Tjupany	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
399	Kayardild	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	8
400	Scandinavian, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
401	Marrangu	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
402	Worrorra	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
403	Turkic, nfd	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	6
404	Maringarr	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
405	Palyku/Nyiyaparli	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	5
406	Diyari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
407	Dutch and Related Languages, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
408	Dhangu, nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
409	Eastern Anmatyerr	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
410	Malngin	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4
411	Alawa	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4
412	Githabul	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
413	South Slavic, nfd	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
414	Kanai	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
415	Keerray-Woorroong	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
416	Gurindji Kriol	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
417	Manyjalpingu	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
418	Nhangu, nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
419	Ngardi	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
420	Warnman	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
421	Other Southwest and Central Asian Languages, nec	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
422	Gudjal	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
423	Lamalama	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
424	Wangkangurru	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
425	Badimaya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
426	Baltic, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
427	Southern European Languages, nfd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
428	Wik Ngathan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
	Total	1,882,002	1,538,746	557,678	274,067	435,239	27,266	67,461	86,659	4,871,626

Note, English not included, Other Territories not included.

Top 35 Languages Spoken at Home ranked by Low English Proficiency.

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Rank	Language	Well	Not Well	Total	Not Stated	Grand Total
1	Mandarin	437918	155418	593338	3372	596711
2	Vietnamese	188801	86706	275506	1896	277400
3	Cantonese	209203	70162	279361	1583	280943
4	Arabic	266667	51868	318537	3186	321728
5	Greek	197651	37619	235267	2321	237588
6	Italian	232917	34993	267910	3690	271597
7	Korean	73365	34748	108108	886	108997
8	Spanish	123821	15590	139411	1402	140817
9	Punjabi	117346	13832	131173	1315	132496
10	Other Chinese Langs	36340	13662	49999	285	50284
11	Other Indian Langs	124818	12810	137627	988	138617
12	Thai	43256	11664	54922	526	55444
13	Turkish	47044	10744	57785	571	58355
14	Persian (excluding Dari)	47176	10643	57824	489	58313
15	Macedonian	54777	10508	65286	733	66019
16	Serbian	44227	9036	53260	541	53801
17	Japanese	46922	8612	55539	431	55966
18	Hindi	150753	7621	158375	1273	159652
19	Russian	42434	7554	49984	334	50314
20	Croatian	49017	7273	56293	598	56885
21	Aust Indigenous Langs	55371	7189	62558	2204	64762
22	Tamil	65942	6649	72591	577	73161
23	Urdu	62587	5995	68578	714	69293
24	Indonesian	61513	5870	67387	502	67891
25	Tagalog/Filipino	175204	5537	180741	1756	182493
26	Polish	42540	5094	47631	448	48083
27	Bengali	50019	4199	54215	353	54566
28	Samoan	40466	3572	44039	826	44869
29	Sinhalese	60859	3321	64177	436	64612
30	French	67221	2983	70206	668	70873
31	Maltese	29272	2266	31539	446	31987
32	German	76191	2262	78456	900	79353
33	Other SE Asian Langs	26819	1987	28803	269	29073
34	Dutch	32675	774	33451	383	33835
35	Afrikaans	42802	656	43460	287	43741
	Total	4,009,194	810,002	4,819,194	52,448	4,871,647

Note: top 35 language groups shown. Total all non-English includes all languages other than English.

Top 50 Countries of Birth by Age.

Rank	Country	0-9	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-69	70+	Total
1	Australia	2620528	2274553	2097998	1893951	1988729	3327196	1411877	15614834
2	England	22017	46704	54918	80365	137572	356337	209667	907568
3	New Zealand	24330	49909	75321	88078	96574	149542	34707	518462
4	China (excl SARs and Taiwan)	11312	42059	156460	98709	64394	105610	31016	509558
5	India	24438	27431	101364	170120	59300	53928	18802	455385
6	Philippines	9610	23487	31583	53385	46779	59247	8296	232391
7	Vietnam	3501	8956	28129	40750	50863	73570	13577	219351
8	Italy	952	1405	6759	7513	7597	61701	88117	174042
9	South Africa	5233	17952	21807	26778	36631	42155	11884	162450
10	Malaysia	4303	10193	26374	28396	20896	38078	10132	138363
11	Scotland	1910	4368	5665	10162	15937	49841	31539	119416
12	Sri Lanka	3838	7342	14947	26536	20123	28144	8921	109850
13	Germany	1061	2723	6143	9858	10773	38148	33883	102594
14	Korea, Republic of (South)	3286	8140	23690	27565	18089	14627	3378	98775
15	Greece	772	1586	1746	2512	4635	31955	50545	93740
16	Hong Kong (SAR of China)	2393	5922	18338	16871	10700	28474	4197	86886
17	United States of America	7078	10252	12985	15090	12971	22054	5690	86126
18	Lebanon	833	1964	5645	11593	16668	31880	10062	78649
19	Ireland	3156	3018	9975	19590	10788	17726	10631	74891
20	Indonesia	2267	6171	15167	19709	12508	13065	4326	73218
21	Netherlands	756	1492	2177	3666	5576	28242	28259	70172
22	Iraq	3001	6523	12607	13596	13222	14852	3540	67353
23	Thailand	3518	7522	13527	21486	11048	8392	731	66228
24	Pakistan	5727	5694	17608	18756	7530	5857	730	61918
25	Fiji	795	2860	6180	14175	13146	19737	4575	61472
26	Iran	2685	5026	8636	20300	8911	9906	2653	58112
27	Singapore	3391	6183	10838	8599	8983	13859	3087	54934
28	Nepal	1483	3757	25633	18491	3512	1726	153	54757
29	Taiwan	1223	1968	16154	14513	4902	7093	966	46822
30	Afghanistan	1602	5504	14147	11487	7306	5905	841	46799
31	Poland	295	516	1958	7451	5553	17932	11668	45370
32	Croatia	108	226	1921	2823	4059	18289	16259	43687
33	Canada	2041	2741	6660	9590	8462	10787	2774	43053
34	Japan	2289	3575	6468	10823	10550	7136	1585	42420
35	Bangladesh	2000	2342	9544	16026	6572	4456	284	41237
36	Egypt	1480	2762	2458	5634	3875	13903	9667	39776
37	The FYR of Macedonia	154	463	1764	3894	5624	18701	8386	38986
38	Malta	61	174	327	770	1425	18779	16078	37609
39	Zimbabwe	549	3685	5062	7075	7869	9270	1276	34789
40	Cambodia	515	1346	4001	6736	7412	10697	2440	33152
41	Myanmar	639	2868	6545	7247	5651	7206	2506	32656
42	Turkey	470	830	2569	5167	8097	11597	3443	32183
43	France	1008	1606	6636	7234	4816	6928	2889	31120
44	Papua New Guinea	730	2506	2538	4116	8781	8689	1436	28803
45	Wales	490	1284	1913	3021	4626	10589	6130	28046
46	Brazil	626	1189	8103	11636	3516	2163	394	27625
47	Chile	298	584	1954	4395	5245	9739	3870	26082
48	Mauritius	272	1158	2878	4910	3116	8627	3367	24324
49	Samoa	568	1838	2705	4060	5465	8148	1229	24016
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72	347	3423	4326	3922	8982	2871	23959

Note: Total All Countries include all countries of birth (not just the top 50).

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Status by Age and Gender.

	0-4	5-14	15-24	25-44	45-54	55-64	65+	Total
Males	37,768	75,292	63,283	78,788	31,654	21,446	13942	322173
Females	35,496	71,836	60,428	82,471	35,762	23,995	17012	327000
Total	73,265	147,133	123,718	161,256	67,415	45,438	30,952	649,177

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will be making more data available via Table Builder next week. And even more data will be released in October.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment or email us from the contact page!

Top 10 Languages Spoken in Australia – 2016 Census

by thangngo | Jun 27, 2017 | Statistics

The top languages spoken in Australia confirms our changing diversity.

The Australian population as at the 2016 Census was 23.4m people, compared to 21.5m in 2011, up 8.8%. The 2016 Census data released today confirms the changing face of Australia. Italian, is now the fifth most spoken language, other than English. It was number one at the 2006 Census and number two in 2011.

One in five Australians now speak a language other than English at home.

Growth in Asian and Indian languages are obvious. The most dramatic is Mandarin, now almost double the next largest language group, Arabic. Mandarin has grown by over 170% in the decade to 2016. The total number of Chinese speakers (Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu and others) now exceed 927,000 (our earlier prediction of 1m was pretty close!).

The growth is even more obvious when we graphed the growth (or decline) of the top 5 languages spoken in Australia.

Languages other than English spoken at home, 2016 Census.

You’ll hear dramatic stats about the number of people born overseas or have at least one parent born overseas. This is potentially misleading because it includes those born in the UK, NZ, USA and other English speaking countries.

If you’re looking at targeting people from different cultures who might speak other languages then the table below might be more relevant.

The number of people who speak a language other than English at home has increased by almost 1 million to 4.9m, which is 20.8% of the Australian population. The number of people with low English proficiency has also jumped to almost 820,000.

Top 10 Countries Of Birth In Australia 2016

by thangngo | Apr 19, 2017 | Statistics

The main Australian Census data is scheduled to be released on 27 June. We couldn’t wait that long. Here’s our prediction…

This month the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released a teaser to last year’s Census – the ‘typical’ Australian at a national and state/territory level. That has only whet Australia’s appetite for more information. If you can’t wait until the major release in June, we’ve gotten together with sister agency, Cadreon to forecast some key population figures.

Last week, we released our forecast of the Top 10 Languages Spoken in Australia. Lots of great reactions from the community. Thanks for your feedback on social and LinkedIn.

You wanted more.

So we collaborated once more with sister agency, Cadreon to forecast the top 10 countries of birth as at the 2016 Census. Cadreon is a leading data and analytics agency with the expertise to build forecast models. IDENTITY Communications, as a leading multicultural marketing agency, brings community expertise. We’ve combined our forecasts of the top 10 languages spoken in Australia and the top 10 countries of birth in a new infographic, below.

The key takeouts?

While the total Australian population is forecast to increase by 11% since the 2011 Census, Mandarin speakers have increased by 77%, Filipino/Tagalog by 97%, people born in China by 90%, India born by 81%, USA by 103%
70% of Australia’s population growth since the 2011 Census come from migration compared to natural growth contribution of 30%
The Philippines is forecast to be the fifth largest migrant country of birth
The maps say it all, migration from China and India are major contributors to our population growth

About our forecast model

We started with the 2011 Census and added net monthly long term arrival figures from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection for the months between the 2011 and 2016 Censuses. Monthly data provides a richer data set and also reflects seasonality. We also factored in the birth and death rates. It might sound easy, but I’ve seen Cadreon’s forecast model, lift up the hood and it’s mighty complicated!

How close we’ll get, we’ll find out as 2016 Census data is progressively released.

I’m proud to say that the forecast team is as multicultural as the data set; the model was built by clever Cadreon peeps from Italian and Greek backgrounds, the data came from our team made up of Australians from Chinese, Chinese-Indonesian and Vietnamese backgrounds. You couldn’t get more multicultural and collaborative than that!

Find out more…

Got questions? Want to know more about this model and other intelligent IDENTITY tools? Interested in communicating with Australia’s growing diverse consumers? Contact us.

Top 10 Languages In Australia 2016

by thangngo | Apr 9, 2017 | Statistics

Ahead of Tuesday’s 2016 Census stage one release, Cadreon and IDENTITY Communications have collaborated to predict Australia’s total population and the top 10 languages, other than English, spoken in the country. How close will we get to #Census2016 figures?

The industry has been hanging out for the release of the 2016 Census. The last one was in 2011 and multicultural marketing agencies have been relying on data that is five years old.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the 2016 Census will be released in three stages:

April 11: A preview of results and giving insight into what makes the ‘typical’ Australian at the national and state/territory level.
June 27: This comprehensive dataset will include national, state/territory and capital city data for selected key person, family and dwelling characteristics, including age, sex, religion, language and income.
October: Detailed Census data on employment, qualifications and population mobility (journey to work and previous address).

We know Australia’s diversity has changed dramatically between the last two Censuses. Rather than waiting, we partnered with IPG Mediabrands sister agency, Cadreon to forecast the total Australian population and the top 10 languages, other than English, spoken in Australia. Cadreon is a leading data and analytics agency with the expertise to build forecast models. IDENTITY brings multicultural community expertise.

The result is shown in the infographic below, which illustrates the changing face of Australia.

The 2016 Forecast

Rank	Language	2001	2006	2011	2016
1	Mandarin	139286	220604	336410	594597
2	Cantonese	225307	244560	263673	383307
3	Arabic	209372	243662	287174	375639
4	Italian	353605	316894	299833	325985
5	Vietnamese	174236	194854	233390	301460
6	Greek	263717	252227	252217	262587
7	Hindi	47817	70007	111351	174939
8	Tagalog	78878	92328	81457	160388
9	Spanish	93593	98002	117499	140408
10	Korean	39529	54624	79787	95084

The key takeouts?

Over 1 million people in Australia speak Chinese, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Wu, Min Nan and others.
Mandarin and Cantonese are the top 2 languages, other than English spoken in Australia.
Italian drops from 2nd to 4th most spoken language, Greek from 5th to 6th, reflecting the ageing population of post war European migrants and the relative decline in migration from this region.
Filipino/Tagalog is the fastest growing of the top 10 language groups in Australia, growing by 97%.
Korea comes into the top 10 for the first time

We’ve used the new forecast to update our recent infographic about the Chinese community in Australia below.

About our forecast model

We started with the 2011 Census and added net monthly long term arrival figures from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection for the months between the 2011 and 2016 Censuses. Monthly data provides a richer data set and also reflects seasonality. We also factored in the birth and death rates. It might sound easy, but I’ve seen Cadreon’s forecast model, lift up the hood and it’s mighty complicated!

How close we’ll get, we’ll find out as 2016 Census data is progressively released.

But I’ve gotta say, we had a lot of fun and the forecast team is as multicultural as the data set; the model was built by clever Cadreon peeps from Italian and Greek backgrounds, the data came from our team made up of Australians from Chinese, Chinese-Indonesian and Vietnamese backgrounds. You couldn’t get more multicultural and collaborative than that!

Find out more…

Got questions? Want to know more about this model and other intelligent IDENTITY tools? Interested in communicating with Australia’s growing diverse consumers? Contact us.

NB: Updated forecasts with revised figures on 19 April 2017.

Top Languages Spoken in NSW

Key multicultural stats for NSW from the 2016 Census.

Top languages spoken in NSW
The top languages (other than English) spoken at home in NSW and their English proficiency are shown below. The top five languages are unchanged since 2006, however the order have changed.

Top Languages Spoken in Victoria

Key Victorian multicultural stats from the 2016 Census.

Top languages spoken in Victoria (other than English).

Top local government areas (LGAs) ranked by the number of residents who speak a language other than English at home in Victoria.

Key Statistics From The 2016 Australian Census

Key multicultural stats from the 2016 Census June 27 release.

Top languages spoken in Australia (other than English).

Top 35 Languages Spoken at Home ranked by Low English Proficiency.

Top 50 Countries of Birth by Age.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Status by Age and Gender.

Top 10 Languages Spoken in Australia – 2016 Census

The top languages spoken in Australia confirms our changing diversity.

Languages other than English spoken at home, 2016 Census.

Top 10 Countries Of Birth In Australia 2016

Top 10 Languages In Australia 2016

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Top Languages Spoken in NSW

Key multicultural stats for NSW from the 2016 Census.

Top languages spoken in NSW The top languages (other than English) spoken at home in NSW and their English proficiency are shown below. The top five languages are unchanged since 2006, however the order have changed.

Top Languages Spoken in Victoria

Key Victorian multicultural stats from the 2016 Census.

Top languages spoken in Victoria (other than English).

Top local government areas (LGAs) ranked by the number of residents who speak a language other than English at home in Victoria.

Key Statistics From The 2016 Australian Census

Key multicultural stats from the 2016 Census June 27 release.

Top languages spoken in Australia (other than English).

Top 35 Languages Spoken at Home ranked by Low English Proficiency.

Top 50 Countries of Birth by Age.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Status by Age and Gender.

Top 10 Languages Spoken in Australia – 2016 Census

The top languages spoken in Australia confirms our changing diversity.

Languages other than English spoken at home, 2016 Census.

Top 10 Countries Of Birth In Australia 2016

Top 10 Languages In Australia 2016

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Top languages spoken in NSW
The top languages (other than English) spoken at home in NSW and their English proficiency are shown below. The top five languages are unchanged since 2006, however the order have changed.