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Languages spoken in Southern River
39.3% of Southern River residents speak a language other than English at home, across 76 languages (ABS Census 2021).
12,666
Residents
39.3%
+40.6%Speak a language other than English
76
Languages spoken
46.7%
+25.5%Born overseas
Most spoken languages
Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.
- 01Mandarin868+20.7%
- 02Arabic324+62.8%
- 03Urdu322+219%
- 04Punjabi274+94.3%
- 05Malayalam240+46.3%
- 06Tamil217+40.9%
- 07Cantonese210+4.5%
- 08Indonesian210+34.6%
- 09Hindi169+18.2%
- 10Hazaraghi156+457%
Where residents were born
46.7% born overseas, across 77 countries.
- 01India971+57.6%
- 02England662-7.9%
- 03Malaysia534+21.1%
- 04China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)420+22.1%
- 05South Africa4100%
- 06New Zealand297+1.4%
- 07Philippines278+35.0%
- 08Pakistan235+158%
- 09Afghanistan218+118%
- 10Singapore217+3.3%
Religious affiliation
Reported affiliation in Southern River at the 2021 Census.
- 01Christianity4,839-1.9%
- 02No religion or secular beliefs4,081+44.3%
- 03Islam1,792+114%
- 04Hinduism851+44.5%
- 05Buddhism400+8.1%
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