Sri Lankan Census Data derived from the 2016 census on people in Australia of Sri Lankan decent Sri Lankan communities snapshot Demographics In the 2016 Census, 150,880 people in Australia identified with a Sri Lankan ancestry, the majority, an estimated 105,000 were Sinhalese and an estimated 45,000 were Tamil. In addition and not part of the total above, there were also an estimated 20,000 people of Burgher ancestry (part Portuguese, Dutch, German or British). Birthplace In the 2016 Census, 98,340 people who identified with a Sri Lankan ancestry were born in Sri Lanka, followed by 41,075 people who were born in Australia, 2,716 who were born in Malaysia, 1,713 who were born in England and 1,160 who were born in Singapore. Language In the 2016 Census, 61,348 people who identified with a Sri Lankan ancestry indicated that they spoke Sinhalese at home, followed by 51,100 people who spoke English at ...