Asian Australian
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Asian Australian | |
|---|---|
| Total population | 1,600,000 (est) |
| Regions with significant populations | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, urban areas |
| Language | Australian English, Chinese, Gujarati, Bengali, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese, others |
| Religion | Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Christianity, Shamanism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, others |
| Related ethnic groups | Asians, Asian American, Asian Canadian, British Chinese, British Asian and Asian Indians |
|
An Asian Australian can be generally defined as a person of Asian continental ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to Australia. Defined by the 2006-2011 Australian Census, Asian Australians include "Central and Southern Asians", South-East Asians and North-East Asians. Russians and Middle Eastern people are not considered to be Asians in the 2006-2011 Australian Census. Russians are classified with "Southern and Eastern Europeans" while Middle Eastern people are classified with "North African and Middle Easterns". [1]
"Asian Australian", like other categorical definitions of ethnicity in Australia (Southern European-Australians, Indigenous Australians) cannot be defined simply as a similar group of people sharing a fixed cultural background. For example, Indian Australians, Filipino-Australians, and Chinese Australians are very different from each other in both culture and, often, physical appearance.
Additionally, although the term "Asian" in Australia is most popularly used as a term to group peoples with physical characteristics resembling East Asian people, Southeast Asia (including Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia) and (to a lesser extent) South Asia, Central Asians are also included in the Asian Australian grouping for cultural studies and academic works, as well as for official government and the 2006-2011 Australian Census.
Asian Australians were 7.96% of the Australian population in 2001.
[edit] Demographics
| Metropolitan Area | Asian population(Est) | % of Asian People(Est) |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney, NSW | 708,667 | 17.59 |
| Melbourne, VIC | 413,203 | 12.27 |
| Brisbane, QLD | 100,962 | 6.2 |
| Perth, WA | 82,356 | 6.15 |
| Adelaide, SA | 49,771 | 4.64 |
| Darwin, NT | 10,180 | 9.3 |
[edit] Asian Australian history
[edit] Early history
Link: Centre for Asian Societies and Histories
