Cultural Diversity - Language Spoken – Census Usually Resident Population Count – 1996–2006| Language Spoken (Total Responses)1 for the Census Usually Resident Population Count, 1996, 2001 and 2006 | | Language spoken (total responses) |
|
| | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | |
|
3,290,451 |
3,425,304 |
3,673,623 | |
153,666 |
160,527 |
157,113 | |
70,875 |
81,033 |
85,428 | |
26,589 |
27,285 |
24,087 | |
307,764 |
384,858 |
509,358 | |
91,830 |
76,053 |
75,567 | | Total People Specifying One or More Languages |
3,452,937 |
3,563,796 |
3,830,757 |
1. Includes all of the people who stated each language spoken, whether as their only language or as one of several languages. Where a person reported more than one language spoken, they have been counted in each applicable group. 2. Includes people who were too young to talk or unable to speak a language. This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different tables. |