Chinese language in Australia
The Chinese language is the second-most spoken language in Australia.
| Australian Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Region | Australia |
Native speakers | 1,022,481 (all varieties) (2021) |
| Chinese Pinyin Chinese Braille | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Australia has the more Chinese people per capita than any other country outside Asia. In the 2021 census, 1,390,693 Australians identified themselves as being of Chinese ancestry, representing 5.5% of the national population. In the same census, 980,555 Australians indicated that they mainly spoke either Mandarin or Cantonese at home, representing 4.0% of the national population, making it the second-most spoken language in Australia after English. The Chinese language is an important part of the Chinese Australian identity.
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