Standard Spanish in Australia

Speakers

140,817

Type

Location

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Standard Spanish in Australia

Size

140,817

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

140817
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Users within total population

0.60000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

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

Age distribution of users

18,164
13
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community is those speaking Spanish at home

Age distribution of users

102,787
73
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community is those speaking Spanish at home

Age distribution of users

19,870
14
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community is those speaking Spanish at home

5. Use

Completion