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India
Population 1
1,411,750,000
(2011 est.)
Language 1
Hindi
45.1%
Bengali
8.3%
Marathi
7.1%
Telugu
6.9%
Tamil
5.9%
Gurjarati
4.7%
Urdu
4.3%
Kannada
3.7%
Odia
3.2%
Malayalam
3.0%
Punjabi
2.8%
Assamese
1.3%
Maithili
1.2%
Other Scheduled Languages
2.4%
(2011 est.)
The 2011 Census of India recorded 270 identifiable languages, 123 of which are grouped under the 22 ‘scheduled languages’ (official languages listed under the Constitution), and 147 grouped under non-scheduled languages.
Religion 1
Hindu
79.8%
Muslim
14.2%
Christian
2.3%
Sikh
1.7%
Buddhist
0.7%
Jain
0.4%
Other religions and persuasions
0.7%
Religion not stated
0.1%
(2011 est.)
Ethnicity 2
Indo-Aryan
72%
Dravidian
25%
Other
3%
(2000 est.)
Note: India does not record ethnicity in their national census.
Cultural Dimensions
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Indians in Australia
These demographic statistics pertain to individuals in Australia who were born in India, as reported in the 2021 Australian Housing and Population Census. The data specifically represents responses from first-generation migrants and does not encompass the total number of people in Australia who may identify as Indian.
Population 3
673,352
Citizenship
Australian citizen
51.4%
Not an Australian citizen
46.2%
Median Age
35
Gender
Male
53.8%
Female
46.2%
Religion
Hinduism
51.0%
Sikhism
22.1%
Catholic
10.6%
Islam
4.2%
No Religion
3.8%
Ancestry
Indian
69.7%
Punjabi
12.4%
Sikh
6.4%
English
5.2%
Telugu
2.4%
These are the top ancestry responses of people born in India. Respondents were able to provide up to two answers. Therefore, the sum of all ancestry responses exceeds the total number of people.
Language Spoken at Home
Punjabi
26.4%
Hindi
18.8%
English
13.4%
Malayalam
8.7%
Gujarati
8.5%
Other Languages
24.2%
Of those who speak a language other than English at home, 94.7% speak English fluently.
Diaspora
Victoria
38.3%
New South Wales
31.0%
Queensland
10.7%
Western Australia
9.1%
Other
10.9%
Arrival to Australia
Prior to 1991
7.5%
1991 - 2000
5.5%
2001 - 2010
31.2%
2011 - 2015
21.0%
2016 - 2021
34.8%
Australians with Indian Ancestry 4
1,030,709
This figure represents the total number of people in Australia who reported Indian ancestry in the 2021 Census, including individuals born in Australia, India, and other countries. It captures the responses of first-, second-, and third-generation migrants who may identify as Indian, regardless of their place of birth.4
