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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.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    868+20.7%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    324+62.8%
  3. 03
    Urdu
    322+219%
  4. 04
    Punjabi
    274+94.3%
  5. 05
    Malayalam
    240+46.3%
  6. 06
    Tamil
    217+40.9%
  7. 07
    Cantonese
    210+4.5%
  8. 08
    Indonesian
    210+34.6%
  9. 09
    Hindi
    169+18.2%
  10. 10
    Hazaraghi
    156+457%

Where residents were born

46.7% born overseas, across 77 countries.

  1. 01
    India
    971+57.6%
  2. 02
    England
    662-7.9%
  3. 03
    Malaysia
    534+21.1%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    420+22.1%
  5. 05
    South Africa
    4100%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    297+1.4%
  7. 07
    Philippines
    278+35.0%
  8. 08
    Pakistan
    235+158%
  9. 09
    Afghanistan
    218+118%
  10. 10
    Singapore
    217+3.3%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Southern River at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    4,839-1.9%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    4,081+44.3%
  3. 03
    Islam
    1,792+114%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    851+44.5%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    400+8.1%

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