Most Spoken Languages in Australia Over Time

Name the most-spoken first languages in Australia at every census from 1996 through 2021.

Source: Australian census data under the question regarding language spoken at home.

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1996
81.2%	13,498,094	English
2.2%	367,290	Italian
1.6%	259,019	Greek
1.1%	190,104	Cantonese
1.0%	161,966	Arabic
0.8%	134,011	Vietnamese
0.6%	96,651	German
0.5%	87,320	Mandarin
0.5%	86,860	Spanish
0.4%	68,126	Macedonian

2001
80.0%	14,976,388	English
1.9%	353,229	Italian
1.4%	263,487	Greek
1.2%	225,088	Cantonese
1.1%	209,121	Arabic
0.9%	174,027	Vietnamese
0.7%	139,114	Mandarin
0.5%	93,410	Spanish
0.4%	78,760	Tagalog
0.4%	76,215	German

2006
78.5%	15,581,334	English
1.6%	316,894	Italian
1.3%	252,226	Greek
1.2%	244,557	Cantonese
1.2%	243,661	Arabic
1.1%	220,604	Mandarin
1.0%	194,854	Vietnamese
0.5%	98,002	Spanish
0.5%	92,327	Tagalog
0.4%	75,636	German

2011
76.8%	16,509,302	English
1.6%	336,178	Mandarin
1.4%	299,829	Italian
1.3%	287,171	Arabic
1.2%	263,538	Cantonese
1.2%	252,211	Greek
1.1%	233,388	Vietnamese
0.6%	136,846	Tagalog
0.5%	117,493	Spanish
0.5%	111,349	Hindi

2016
72.7%	17,020,418	English
2.5%	596,703	Mandarin
1.4%	321,720	Arabic
1.2%	280,943	Cantonese
1.2%	277,391	Vietnamese
1.2%	271,602	Italian
1.0%	237,583	Greek
0.8%	182,498	Tagalog
0.7%	159,637	Hindi
0.6%	140,813	Spanish

2021
72.0%	18,303,661	English
2.7%	685,268	Mandarin
1.4%	367,154	Arabic
1.3%	320,760	Vietnamese
1.2%	295,292	Cantonese
0.9%	239,041	Punjabi
0.9%	229,643	Greek
0.9%	228,046	Italian
0.9%	222,044	Tagalog
0.8%	197,132	Hindi