210,400[1] 0.83% of the total Australian population (2021)
Regions with significant populations
Victoria
91,745 (1.41%)
New South Wales
47,165 (0.58%)
Queensland
27,713 (0.54%)
Western Australia
18,583 (0.70%)
South Australia
17,259 (0.97%)
Languages
Australian English • Punjabi Hindi • Urdu
Related ethnic groups
American Sikhs
British Sikhs
Canadian Sikhs New Zealander Sikhs
Australian Sikhs number over 210,000 people and account for 0.8% of Australia's population as of 2021, forming the country's fastest-growing and fifth-largest religious group.[2] The largest Sikh populations in Australia are found in Victoria, followed by New South Wales and Queensland.
^"Australian Bureau of Statistics : 2021 Census of Population and Housing : General Community Profile" (XLSX). Abs.gov.au. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^"Media Release - Census reveals Australia's religious diversity on World Religion Day". 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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