Vietnamese in Australia

Speakers

277,400

Type

Location

Vietnamese in Australia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Vietnamese in Australia

Size

277,400

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

277400
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Users within total population

1.19000
Less than 10% use the language

PROPORTION

1
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Age distribution of users

47,618
17
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community is those speaking Vietnamese at home

Age distribution of users

212,847
77
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community is those speaking Vietnamese at home

Age distribution of users

16,938
6
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community is those speaking Vietnamese at home

Literacy of users

5. Use

Completion