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Languages spoken in Gowanbrae

29.7% of Gowanbrae residents speak a language other than English at home, across 37 languages (ABS Census 2021).

2,680

Residents

29.7%

+19.0%

Speak a language other than English

37

Languages spoken

22.6%

+24.1%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Italian
    109-23.8%
  2. 02
    Hindi
    80+33.3%
  3. 03
    Turkish
    76+171%
  4. 04
    Greek
    66+29.4%
  5. 05
    Mandarin
    60+42.9%
  6. 06
    Arabic
    57+21.3%
  7. 07
    Sinhalese
    55+10.0%
  8. 08
    Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
    30-25.0%
  9. 09
    Croatian
    29+26.1%
  10. 10
    Vietnamese
    25-24.2%

Where residents were born

22.6% born overseas, across 44 countries.

  1. 01
    Fiji
    58+18.4%
  2. 02
    India
    50+51.5%
  3. 03
    Sri Lanka
    48+4.3%
  4. 04
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    39+8.3%
  5. 05
    Turkey
    34+88.9%
  6. 06
    Italy
    33-21.4%
  7. 07
    England
    24-4.0%
  8. 08
    Greece
    23+15.0%
  9. 09
    Iraq
    23+43.8%
  10. 10
    Vietnam
    20+33.3%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Gowanbrae at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,550+1.4%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    722+28.0%
  3. 03
    Islam
    144+144%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    119+21.4%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    91-2.2%

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