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Languages spoken in Pooraka

39.0% of Pooraka residents speak a language other than English at home, across 59 languages (ABS Census 2021).

7,510

Residents

39.0%

+17.6%

Speak a language other than English

59

Languages spoken

36.2%

+18.3%

Born overseas

Most spoken languages

Speakers at the 2021 Census, with change since 2016.

  1. 01
    Vietnamese
    6790%
  2. 02
    Punjabi
    307+144%
  3. 03
    Hazaraghi
    271+52.2%
  4. 04
    Arabic
    155-5.5%
  5. 05
    Dari
    131+3.1%
  6. 06
    Gujarati
    123+167%
  7. 07
    Hindi
    96+65.5%
  8. 08
    Tagalog
    88+39.7%
  9. 09
    Italian
    79-26.9%
  10. 10
    Mandarin
    73-35.4%

Where residents were born

36.2% born overseas, across 63 countries.

  1. 01
    India
    490+86.3%
  2. 02
    Vietnam
    442+3.0%
  3. 03
    Afghanistan
    319+27.1%
  4. 04
    England
    250-11.7%
  5. 05
    Philippines
    139+37.6%
  6. 06
    Pakistan
    73+192%
  7. 07
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    69-37.3%
  8. 08
    Italy
    68-1.4%
  9. 09
    Poland
    55+19.6%
  10. 10
    Iraq
    54+5.9%

Religious affiliation

Reported affiliation in Pooraka at the 2021 Census.

  1. 01
    Christianity
    3,154-9.2%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    2,397+24.2%
  3. 03
    Islam
    766+32.1%
  4. 04
    Hinduism
    313+57.3%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    285-2.7%

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