1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 2006 % of 2006 % of population population Language Census Language Census Italian 316,893 1.6 Serbian 52,531 0.3 1 16 Greek 252,226 1.3 French 43,217 0.2 2 17 Cantonese 244,558 1.2 Indonesian 42,037 0.2 3 18 Arabic 243,662 1.2 Filipino 39,044 0.2 4 19 Mandarin 220,603 1.1 Maltese 36,517 0.2 5 20 Vietnamese 194,855 1.0 Russian 36,505 0.2 6 21 Spanish 98,000 0.5 Dutch 36,183 0.2 7 22 German 75,635 0.4 Japanese 35,110 0.2 8 23 Hindi 70,008 0.4 Tamil 32,701 0.2 9 24 Macedonian 67,832 0.3 Sinhalese 29,055 0.1 10 25 Croatian 63,616 0.3 Samoan 28,521 0.1 11 26 Korean 54,625 0.3 Portuguese 25,778 0.1 12 27 Turkish 53,859 0.3 Khmer 24,710 0.1 13 28 Polish 53,389 0.3 Thai 23,640 0.1 14 29 Tagalog 53,284 0.3 Assyrian 23,527 0.1 15 30
1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 Language 2006 Census % of population Language 2006 Census % of population 1 Italian 316,893 1.6 16 Serbian 52,531 0.3 2 Greek 252,226 1.3 17 French 43,217 0.2 3 Cantonese 244,558 1.2 18 Indonesian 42,037 0.2 4 Arabic 243,662 1.2 19 Filipino 39,044 0.2 5 Mandarin 220,603 1.1 20 Maltese 36,517 0.2 6 Vietnamese 194,855 1.0 21 Russian 36,505 0.2 7 Spanish 98,000 0.5 22 Dutch 36,183 0.2 8 German 75,635 0.4 23 Japanese 35,110 0.2 9 Hindi 70,008 0.4 24 Tamil 32,701 0.2 10 Macedonian 67,832 0.3 25 Sinhalese 29,055 0.1 11 Croatian 63,616 0.3 26 Samoan 28,521 0.1 12 Korean 54,625 0.3 27 Portuguese 25,778 0.1 13 Turkish 53,859 0.3 28 Khmer 24,710 0.1 14 Polish 53,389 0.3 29 Thai 23,640 0.1 15 Tagalog 53,284 0.3 30 Assyrian 23,527 0.1
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