Ethnic Groups: English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%, German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian 1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other 15.8% (includes Australian aboriginal .
Since soon after the beginning of British settlement in 1788, people of European descent have formed the majority of the population in Australia. The largest statistical grouping of European Australians are Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians whose ancestors originate wholly or partially in the British Isles.
The Chin community is the fastest growing ethnic group in Australia, growing four times its size between 2011 and 2016, according to Census data. Their rise has been so swift that ten years ago, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) didn't even report how many Chins were in the country.
The culture of Australia is primarily a Western culture, originally derived from Britain but also influenced by the unique geography of Australia and the cultural input of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other Australian people.
A white person is defined as a person who has European ancestry. In Australia, about 90.2 percent of the nation's population is white. The following is a breakdown of some of the major ethnic groups that fall under this category: To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.
At the 2021 census, 1,390,637 Australian residents identified themselves as having Chinese ancestry, accounting for 5.5% of the total population.
Three major contributors to Australia's demographic make-up are a diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, a British colonial past and extensive immigration from many different countries and cultures.
White Australian may refer to: European Australians, Australians with European ancestry. Anglo-Celtic Australians, an Australian with ancestry from the British Isles. White people, who are Australians.
Brisbane had the largest growth (up by 59,200 people), followed by Melbourne (55,000) and Sydney (37,300). Brisbane also had the highest growth rate (2.3%), followed by Perth (1.5%) and Adelaide (1.1%).
NSW and VIC are the most culturally diverse states
The top 5 ancestries of both states are English, Australian, Chinese, Irish and Scottish. We also found that China, India, England and Vietnam are the most common countries where immigrants are from.
It is true that there has been, historically, a small number of claims that there were people in Australia before Australian Aborigines, but these claims have all been refuted and are no longer widely debated. The overwhelming weight of evidence supports the idea that Aboriginal people were the first Australians.
Australian English arose from a dialectal melting pot created by the intermingling of early settlers who were from a variety of dialectal regions of Great Britain and Ireland, though its most significant influences were the dialects of Southeast England.
Indeed, by 31,000 years ago, most Aboriginal communities were genetically isolated from each other. This divergence was most likely caused by environmental barriers; in particular the evolution of an almost impassable central desert as the Australian continent dried out.
Other religions are growing but continue to make up a small proportion of the population. Hinduism has grown by 55.3 per cent to 684,002 people, or 2.7 per cent of the population. Islam has grown to 813,392 people, which is 3.2 per cent of the Australian population.
New South Wales and Victoria both have high proportions of the Asian-born population. Almost half of Asian-born Australians aged 15 years and over, and who arrived after 1980, lived in NSW, where the most common countries of birth were China, Viet Nam and the Philippines.
The majority of Australians speak English as a first or other language, however a significant number of people also speak languages other than English. About 76% of Australians reported speaking only English at home in the 2021 Census.
If there's one thing Aussies are known for, it's their easy-going, friendly attitude. Of course food, events, art and history are all vital parts of the Australian culture, but what really distinguishes an Aussie is his or her laid-back outlook on life.
According to our study, the average Australian is: 31.00% British. 28.62% Irish. 17.15% Western European (primarily French and German)
Australia's population density is low because most of the country's interior is desert (also known as the outback) and presents extremely difficult living conditions.
This includes both those who are Australian by birth, and those born in India or elsewhere in the Indian diaspora. Indian Australians are one of the largest groups within the Indian diaspora, with 783,958 persons declaring Indian ancestry at the 2021 census, representing 3.1% of the Australian population.