Key Statistics From The 2016 Australian Census
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
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