Population Statistics
India
Population
|
1,266,883,598 |
|
[2016 est.] |
Language
| Hindi | 41.03% |
|---|---|
| Bengali | 8.11% |
| Telugu | 7.19% |
| Marathi | 6.99% |
| Tamil | 5.91% |
| Urdu | 5.01% |
| Gurjarati | 4.48% |
| Kannada | 3.69% |
| Malayalam | 3.21% |
| Odia | 3.21% |
| Punjabi | 2.83% |
| Other | 8.00% |
|
[Census, 2001] |
|
Religion
| Hinduism | 79.8% |
|---|---|
| Islam | 14.2% |
| Christianity | 2.3% |
| Sikhism | 1.7% |
| Buddhism | 0.7% |
| Jainism | 0.4% |
| Other | 0.7% |
|
[2011 est.] |
|
Ethnicity
| Ancestral North Indians (Indo-Aryan) | 72% |
|---|---|
| Ancestral South Indians (Dravidian) | 25% |
| Other | 3% |
|
[2000 est.] |
|
Cultural Dimensions
|
77 |
|
|
48 |
|
|
56 |
|
|
40 |
|
|
51 |
|
|
26 |
Australians with Indian Ancestry
| 783,953 |
|
Additional responses nominated Punjabi (118,638), Sikh (60,490), Telugu (19,726), Malayali (15,021), Gujarati (14,730), Anglo Indian (14,.686), Indian Tamil (1,866), Kashmiri (1,383) and Parsi (216) ancestry. |
| [2021 Census, ABS] |
Indians in Australia
Population
|
673,352 |
|
This figure refers to the number of Australian residents that were born in India. |
|
[2021 Census, ABS] |
Median Age
| 33 |
| [2016 Census, ABS] |
Gender
| Male | 53.8% |
|---|---|
| Female | 46.2% |
|
[2021 Census, ABS] |
|
Religion
| Hinduism | 51.0% |
|---|---|
| Sikhism | 22.1% |
| Catholic | 10.6% |
| Islam | 4.2% |
| Other Religion | 6.8% |
| No Religion | 3.8% |
| Not Stated | 1.5% |
|
[2021 Census, ABS] |
|
Ancestry
| Indian | 69.7% |
|---|---|
| Punjabi | 12.4% |
| Sikh | 6.4% |
| English | 5.2% |
| South Asian [nfd] | 4.0% |
|
These are the top ancestry responses of Australian residents born in India. Respondents were able to provide up to two answers. |
|
|
[2021 Census, ABS] |
|
Language Spoken at Home
| Punjabi | 26.4% |
|---|---|
| Hindi | 18.8% |
| English | 13.4% |
| Malayalam | 8.7% |
| Gujarati | 8.5% |
| Other Languages | 24.2% |
|
Of those who speak a language other than English at home, 94.7% speak English fluently. |
|
|
[2021 Census, ABS] |
|
Diaspora
| Victoria | 38.3% |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 31.0% |
| Queensland | 10.7% |
| Western Australia | 9.1% |
| Other | 10.9% |
|
[2021 Census, ABS] |
|
Arrival to Australia
| Prior to 1991 | 7.5% |
|---|---|
| 1991 - 2000 | 5.5% |
| 2001 - 2010 | 31.2% |
| 2011 - 2015 | 21.0% |
| 2016 - 2021 | 34.8% |
|
[2021 Census, ABS] |
|
