Indian Culture

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

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56

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51

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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]

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