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Most Spoken Languages in Australia Over Time

Name the most-spoken first languages in Australia at every census from 1996 through 2021.
Source: Australian census data under the question regarding language spoken at home.
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1996
81.2%
13,498,094
English
2.2%
367,290
Italian
1.6%
259,019
Greek
1.1%
190,104
Cantonese
1.0%
161,966
Arabic
0.8%
134,011
Vietnamese
0.6%
96,651
German
0.5%
87,320
Mandarin
0.5%
86,860
Spanish
0.4%
68,126
Macedonian
2001
80.0%
14,976,388
English
1.9%
353,229
Italian
1.4%
263,487
Greek
1.2%
225,088
Cantonese
1.1%
209,121
Arabic
0.9%
174,027
Vietnamese
0.7%
139,114
Mandarin
0.5%
93,410
Spanish
0.4%
78,760
Tagalog
0.4%
76,215
German
2006
78.5%
15,581,334
English
1.6%
316,894
Italian
1.3%
252,226
Greek
1.2%
244,557
Cantonese
1.2%
243,661
Arabic
1.1%
220,604
Mandarin
1.0%
194,854
Vietnamese
0.5%
98,002
Spanish
0.5%
92,327
Tagalog
0.4%
75,636
German
2011
76.8%
16,509,302
English
1.6%
336,178
Mandarin
1.4%
299,829
Italian
1.3%
287,171
Arabic
1.2%
263,538
Cantonese
1.2%
252,211
Greek
1.1%
233,388
Vietnamese
0.6%
136,846
Tagalog
0.5%
117,493
Spanish
0.5%
111,349
Hindi
2016
72.7%
17,020,418
English
2.5%
596,703
Mandarin
1.4%
321,720
Arabic
1.2%
280,943
Cantonese
1.2%
277,391
Vietnamese
1.2%
271,602
Italian
1.0%
237,583
Greek
0.8%
182,498
Tagalog
0.7%
159,637
Hindi
0.6%
140,813
Spanish
2021
72.0%
18,303,661
English
2.7%
685,268
Mandarin
1.4%
367,154
Arabic
1.3%
320,760
Vietnamese
1.2%
295,292
Cantonese
0.9%
239,041
Punjabi
0.9%
229,643
Greek
0.9%
228,046
Italian
0.9%
222,044
Tagalog
0.8%
197,132
Hindi
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6 Comments
Iluvbread123
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Level 79
May 13, 2021
Can you make the quiz just 2 blocks? Horizontal scrolling isn't as convenient as vertical scrolling
Nestormakhno
+1
Level 79
May 13, 2021
What are you talking about?
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Mar 20, 2024
Have two blocks, going downwards. Like this quiz.
blizzrd33
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Level 81
May 13, 2021
Good quiz, missed one but seems most others also missed that one.
Geopro
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Level 59
May 13, 2021
Could you please accept Chinese for Mandarin.
Linoclon
+2
Level 52
Mar 16, 2025
I'm sorry, did you say MACEDONIAN?? like HOW?
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