'Where we live, what we do' - Explore Urdu community by interactive tool

Census 2021 data shows that the number of Urdu speakers has increased by more than 60% to more than 111,000 and that over 60% of this population are Australian citizens. Retrieve detailed information about the Urdu community by using the SBS interactive tool and some of the information might surprise you.

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96000 Pakistanis are part of 111, 873 Urdu speakers living in Australia. The majority reside in Victoria and NSW. NSW is still having the largest population of Urdu-community but three victorian suburbs are among the top five suburbs where the Urdu community lives now.

• Tarneit (Vic)
• Auburn (NSW)
• Truganina (Vic)
• Lakemba (NSW)
• Fawkner (Vic)

Numbers of Australian Urdu community has climbed over 111 thousand and Urdu is 14th. largest language of Australia. Source: SBS/ABS

Australia at a glance

• The population of the country is close to two and a half crore
• There are 429 languages ​​spoken in Australia
• The country is inhabited by 320 different ancestries

Australia’s population was 25,766,605 people at 31 December 2021. Source: SBS

Tarneit (VIC) and Auburn (NSW) are top two suburbs of urdu community. Source: ABS

For more specific Urdu community information, click here.

Refer to SBS Census Explore

Source  ABS 

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