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Top 10 countries of birth, 1901 and 2006 censuses

1901 Census

2006 Census

 

Country of birth

Number

%*

 

Country of birth

Number

%*

1

United Kingdom

495,074

13.1

1

United Kingdom

1,03,

5.2

2

Ireland

184,085

4.9

2

New Zealand

389,460

2.0

3

Germany

38,352

1.0

3

China

206,590

1.0

4

China

29,907

0.8

4

Italy

199,120

1.0

5

New Zealand

25,788

0.7

5

Vietnam

159,850

0.8

6

Sweden and Norway

9,863

0.3

6

India

147,110

0.7

7

India

7,637

0.2

7

Philippines

120,540

0.6

8

United States

7,448

0.2

8

Greece

109,990

0.6

9

Denmark

6,281

0.2

9

Germany

106,530

0.5

10

Italy

5,678

0.2

10

South Africa

104,130

0.5

Top 10 total

810,113

21.5

Top 10 total

2,58,

13.0

Other

47,463

1.3

Other

1,83,

9.2

Total overseas born

857,576

22.8

Total overseas born

4,41,

22.2

Total Australian population

3,77,

100.0

Total Australian population

19,85,

100.0

Did you know?

There are about 200 other languages spoken in Australia in addition to the indigenous languages.
After English, Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic, Mandarin and Vietnamese are the most commonly spoken languages in Australia.