Sinhala in Australia

Speakers

64,612

Type

Location

Sinhala in Australia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Sinhala in Australia

Size

64,612

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

64612
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Users within total population

0.28000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Age distribution of users

10,878
17
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference community based on people who speak Sinhalese at home

Age distribution of users

50,287
78
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 Sinhalese at home

Age distribution of users

3,447
5
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference community based on people who speak Sinhalese at home

5. Use

Completion