Italian in Australia

Speakers

271,597

Type

Location

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Italian in Australia

Size

271,597

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Size / Number of users

Number of users

271597
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Users within total population

1.16000
Less than 10% use the language

PROPORTION

Actual percentage
1
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Age distribution of users

13,716
5
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016

Age distribution of users

151,957
56
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016

Age distribution of users

105,924
39
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016

5. Use

Completion