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arrived sin ce 2000 and highest demo graphic is in 25 -29 age gro up. The male female ratio is 60:40. 60% were not Australian c itizens More than half the Punjabi households had one child, while 45 6 % lived in rented properties. While heterosexual marriage was generally the norm, .1 % adrnitted to same sex relationship and 1.2% were in de facto partnerships.

Bengali

15.5% earned over $74,000 annually and 47.8 % owned property on a mortgag e. 69 7% were married, 30% were single and 7% in de facto. Hindu.ism is key religion, while Catholic came second at 10% On ly 2 / 3 "' were not Australian, w hile o ve r 98% indicated overseas parentage. The main influx of Tan1i1s has been in late 2000 s

Kannada

bad the highest intake at 45.7 % followed b y SW at 20% 55.4% enrolled in VET, while 43.7 were in h igher education. Significantly these figures show a sharp decline for September 2010, contributed b y drop in arrival and in creased departures

For 20U8 -09, there were 324,100 self- reported temporary NOM arrival s who contributed to NOM (see table 3.18). This was 62°/., of all NOM arrivals with the remainder being permanent arrivals, Australian residents returning and a few from othe r categories. Of the countries of birch contributing to temporary NOM arr ivals, India added the most with 53,900 persons arriv ing, 60% of lndia -born arrivals reported education as their main reason for journey, followed b y Nepal (59 %), and Malays ia (54%).

For those travelling on student v isas, people born in India and China we re the main contributors to studenc [ OM. T ogether the y contributed around 50%, or over for each year between 2004-05 and 2008- 09. China was the highest contributor in 2004-05 and 2005- 06, at 30% and 26% respectiv ely. Peop le born in lndia recorded the highest proportion of travellers for the per iod 20U607 to 2008-09, increasing from 29 % to 35% In 2008-09, Indiaborn travell ers on smdent v isas contributed 14% of coral NOJ\1 I (up from 6% in 2004-05)

Linguistic demographics

We cast a look here at the language-wise breal,- up of the Indian comnmniry in Australia.

The largest linguistic group seems to be Hindi- speaking Indians, followed b y Punjabi and then Tamil. Bue many Indians are multilingual. Speaking to Indian Link at the multicultural briefing, Dr Jill Charke r, First Assistant Statistician of the Population, Education and Data Integration Division revealed chat there are plan s for greater communiLy consultations on the questions which can be asked in the next Census in 2016 which can bring forth more information about the population For the lndian community, for e."'Cample, questions which can be put up for consultation can include asking people about the number of languages the y speak rad1er than just a bilingual question.

Hindi

There are 11 1,351 Hindi speakers (.5 % ), of wh ich 53% are from India and 29% from Fiji. Most of this demographic arrived since 2000. Of these , the largest concentrations are in Blacktown ( S\'.\I) which accounts for 1969, while Point Cook in Viccoria, fores t Lake in QLD, Canning Vale 0-Y/A) Prospect (SA) have 926, 27 5, 180 and 113 respecti vely. The largest demog raphic is in 25- 29 years. 60 % have taken Australian citizenship, while 96 8 stated parents born overseas. Hindu.ism is predominant religion followed b y lsJarn and Sikhi s m. ]Vfost households had 4 peop le and owned property with a mortgag e. .3 % acknowledged being in a s ame sex relationship.

Punjabi

Representing 3% of population, Punjabi speakers total 71,320 acro ss Australia, wid1 Blackcown in NSW accounting for single highest concentration (1894) Sc Al ban s came a close second with 1433 Punjabis. WNs Canningvale, QLD's Runcorn and SA's Prospect were otl1er favourites. Predominantly Indian born and of Si kh faith (80.9), most

3 5,645 Bengali speakers in Australia represent .2% of population. NS\1(1 suburb of Lakemba recorded highest number (2483) F o otscray i n V ic toria, Fores t Lake (QLD), St Marys (SA) and Canningvale in WA copped indiv idual concentrations Of tl1ese 71.9 % are from Bangladesh, 9 6 from India. Migration trends have increased phenomenall y since 90s. A majority are Muslims and 58 % have taken Australian citizenship Gujarati 34,21 1 Gujarati speakers call Australia home , with NSW sub u rb Parramatta alone accounting for 1310. Darch in WA, Hawthorn in Vicrocia, South Australian suburb of Pro spect and QLD's Macgreg or were d1e popular suburbs. 75.8% Gujarati Australians were born in India and 5.4% in Kenya. In the last decade, the number rose from 554 to 1570. i\fost Gujaratis recorded both parents as born o verseas Major ity are not Australian citizen s (58.7 %) , tbeir largest ag e demographic i s 25 -28 M o se males earned average of $600-800 a week , while most females earned nil. Household income for 18% sto o d at 78,000- 104,000.

Marathi

Marathi Australian s numbering 8572 in Australia are predominantl y Hindus (90.7%) A three -person household, comprising a coup le with one child is the dominant trend, with 46% paying off a mortgage.

Nearl y 18% househo lds earned m o re tban $74,000 77% Marad1i speakers identified themselves as married. Liverpool (NS\.XI), G len Waverley (Vic) , Nundah (Qld , Mawson Lakes (SA) and W.Ns Canningvale have tl1e largest numbers in a suburb

Tamil

W itl1 over 50,000 speakers, Tamils fonn the third highest demographic. Of these 39'¾, are from Sri Lanka, while 3 5% are from India, and Malaysian Tamils account for 15% 62% have taken Australian citizenship

'\X'entwordwille in NSW recorded highest number of Tamils ( 10 73), with Glen Waverley (946) coming a close second. Mawson Lakes (SA), WJ\'s Canningvale and Forest Lake in QLD were popular. Most Tamils had 4 member h o useholds, wid, chi ldren under age of 15

Amon g the dominant ethnic minorities , ParafieJd Gardens (SA) and Perth suburb of Maylans were predominant choices. The Kannada community is relatively smaller at 5923 The I SW suburb of Liverpool proved most popular, while Victori an Kannadigas chose Danclenong In Calam vale in QLD, 91 % are Hindus and 84% were born in In dia Kannada households typicall,7 bad 3 people and most families had children under age of l 5 78 3'1/<) were reg istered marriag es and .8% in de facto relationship. 17 8% Kannada households had income o f $78,000- 103 ,000 annually.

Telugu

Au s tralia is currently home to 18,721 Telugu speakers, most of who were born ove rseas and half o f w hom live in rented premises. Wesrmead in NS W (729) , Footscray in Victoria (280), Kenmore (Qld) , Mawson Lakes in SA (44) , Maylands in WA (60) have largest numbers respectively in one suburb 58% of che linguistic minority is yet to opt for citizenship and 98.25 have b o th parents born overseas Hinduism is the dominant religion 15% males earned above $74,000 while 34% of females had no inco me. Single child .i s the dominant trend.

Malayalam

25,111 is the current number of Malayali speakers across Australia Dandenong in V ictoria (425) and Wes trnead in V ictoria (253) have d1e highest concentration state-wise, while Annerley in Queensland, Woodv ille Gardens in So uth Australia and WNs Canningvale ( 193) registered the largest nw11bers. The largest age demographic for male Malayalam speakers was 30 -34 years (16.9%). Since 2000, their numbers have increased from a meagre 246 ro 2809, nationwide. 65 % are yet to o pt fo r citizenship. Catholicism is the predominant religion , cornering a sizeable 47 % of tl1e demographic. Other faiths indude Syr ian Ortl1odox, Pentecostal and Anglican besides Hinduis m, o f course 80% are in a traditional marriage, wid1 the average Malayali household having two children. A sizeable 43% live in rented homes, w ith those having mortgage corning clo se second at 39% The largest age demographic is 30-34 years.

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