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Languages spoken in Knox

27.7% of Knox residents speak a language other than English at home, across 120 languages (ABS Census 2021).

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158,075

Residents

27.7%

+18.7%

Speak a language other than English

120

Languages spoken

#74

of 540 for diversity

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Mandarin
    11,559+43.3%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    5,502+14.6%
  3. 03
    Sinhalese
    2,676+28.1%
  4. 04
    Greek
    1,633-9.2%
  5. 05
    Hindi
    1,478+13.3%
  6. 06
    Tamil
    1,468+33.3%
  7. 07
    Italian
    1,402-21.0%
  8. 08
    Vietnamese
    1,291+9.6%
  9. 09
    Arabic
    1,161+3.1%
  10. 10
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    1,106+64.6%

120 languages recorded in Knox(ABS Census 2021). Broader ABS categories such as “Chinese, nfd” are counted in the totals above but left out of this list, so the percentages can exceed the sum of the languages shown.

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