Tamil in Australia

Speakers

73,161

Type

Location

Tamil in Australia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Tamil in Australia

Size

73,161

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

73161
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Users within total population

0.31000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Age distribution of users

13,509
19
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community based on people who speak Tamil at home

Age distribution of users

54,922
75
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community based on people who speak Tamil at home

Age distribution of users

4,734
7
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community based on people who speak Tamil at home

5. Use

Completion