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Languages spoken in McDowall

15.5% of McDowall residents speak a language other than English at home, across 45 languages (ABS Census 2021).

7,278

Residents

15.5%

+26.4%

Speak a language other than English

45

Languages spoken

22.0%

+21.7%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    182+54.2%
  2. 02
    Italian
    145-24.1%
  3. 03
    Malayalam
    125+105%
  4. 04
    Cantonese
    69-16.9%
  5. 05
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    47+124%
  6. 06
    Spanish
    47+88.0%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    45+21.6%
  8. 08
    Afrikaans
    43+72.0%
  9. 09
    Tamil
    43+34.4%
  10. 10
    Greek
    34+54.5%

Where residents were born

22.0% born overseas, across 47 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    296+18.9%
  2. 02
    India
    199+64.5%
  3. 03
    New Zealand
    195+30.9%
  4. 04
    South Africa
    113+21.5%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    109+13.5%
  6. 06
    Italy
    93-7.0%
  7. 07
    Philippines
    58+18.4%
  8. 08
    Sri Lanka
    42+7.7%
  9. 09
    Papua New Guinea
    38+46.2%
  10. 10
    Scotland
    37-15.9%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in McDowall at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    4,222-6.1%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,537+41.4%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    158+54.9%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    60-32.6%
  5. 05
    Islam
    40+53.8%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    30%

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