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% |
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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] |