Between 2001 and 2016, there has been a 11.1% reduction in the number of people who speak greek language at home. In 2001 that number rested around 263.500. Fifteen years later that number is closer to 237.600.
Asia is now Australia's largest source of permanent migrations, accounting for 56 per cent of Australia's migrant intake in the 2016-17 financial year, the latest available figures from the Department of Home Affairs shows.
And Mandarin is the most popular language spoken at home with 597,000 speakers, followed by Arabic with 321,700 and Cantonese with 281,000, according to the latest census.
Across Australia, there are also emerging languages like Nepali that grew from a mere 2,500 in 2001 to 62,000 in 2016.
Similarly, lesser known languages in Australia like Punjabi, Malayalam, and Gujarati are also growing in popularity.
