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Languages spoken in Thornlie

29.3% of Thornlie residents speak a language other than English at home, across 83 languages (ABS Census 2021).

23,204

Residents

29.3%

+10.5%

Speak a language other than English

83

Languages spoken

39.7%

0%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    1,194-2.8%
  2. 02
    Arabic
    469+29.6%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    445-7.9%
  4. 04
    Punjabi
    407+67.5%
  5. 05
    Indonesian
    396+23.0%
  6. 06
    Urdu
    337+94.8%
  7. 07
    Tamil
    233+33.1%
  8. 08
    Tagalog
    205-26.8%
  9. 09
    Malay
    194-1.0%
  10. 10
    Bengali
    191+67.5%

Where residents were born

39.7% born overseas, across 95 countries.

  1. 01
    England
    1,553-10.3%
  2. 02
    India
    917+10.7%
  3. 03
    Malaysia
    821+5.3%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    696-17.4%
  5. 05
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    599-3.9%
  6. 06
    Philippines
    453-4.4%
  7. 07
    Indonesia
    386+35.4%
  8. 08
    Singapore
    352-12.2%
  9. 09
    Pakistan
    252+65.8%
  10. 10
    South Africa
    237-13.8%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Thornlie at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    9,357-16.7%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    8,332+25.2%
  3. 03
    Islam
    2,712+43.0%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    936-2.3%
  5. 05
    Hinduism
    483+15.8%

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