Asian Australian

Asian Australians
Total population
1,696,568 (2006)
6% of Australian population[1]
Regions with significant populations
Capital cities
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
Languages

commonly Australian English,
Asian languages
Religion

Buddhism, Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam,
East Asian religions, other Indian religions, and others
East Asia
Central and South Asia
Southeast Asia
Asian Australian Ancestries as defined by the 2006 census

An Asian Australian can be generally defined as a person of Asian ancestry who was born in or is an immigrant to Australia.

There is no agreed definition of who an Asian Australian is, although for the purposes of aggregating data, the Australian Bureau of Statistics in its Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) has grouped certain ethnic groups into certain categories, including Northeast Asian e.g Chinese Australian, Southeast Asian e.g Vietnamese Australian, South Asian e.g. Indian Australian and Central Asian e.g Afghan Australian.[2] For the purpose of this article an Asian Australian is considered to be an Australian resident falling into one of these four groups.

At the 2006 Census 1,696,568 Australian residents declared that they had ancestral background to one of these three groupings, either alone or in combination with one other ancestry. This represents about 6% of all responses.

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Demographics

Metropolitan Areas with High Proportion of Australians of Asian ancestry (2006 Census)[3]
Metropolitan Area Asian population(Est) Asian people as % of total population
Sydney, NSW 683,917 18.8
Melbourne, VIC 565,056 16.18
Perth, WA 136,848 9.47
Brisbane, QLD 130,598 7.41
Adelaide, SA 68,640 6.21
Canberra, ACT 30,113 9.32
Darwin, NT 10,551 9.96

Asian Australians by Sydney region (2006 census)[3]

Region Asian population Asian people as % of total population
Fairfield-Liverpool 97,765 28.38
Inner Western Sydney 87,251 28.07
Central Western Sydney 84,491 27.88
Canterbury-Bankstown 68,784 22.89
Lower Northern Sydney 62,395 21.61
Central Northern Sydney 80,355 19.51
Inner Sydney 51,191 16.35
St George-Sutherland 60,010 14.16
North Western Sydney 73,806 12.76
Eastern Suburbs 27,274 11.82
Outer South Western Sydney 21,008 9.01
Northern Beaches 14,458 6.42

Asian Australians by Melbourne region (2006 census)[3]

Region Asian population Asian people as % of total population
Box Hill 105,361 40.04
Melbourne Central 90,541 31.32
Fitzroy - North Fitzroy 71,440 28.92
Footscray 50,314 20.03
Burwood 26,395 18.67
Camberwell 20,035 15.25
Inner Melbourne 43,111 14.33
Springvale 22,991 14.17
Western Suburbs 72,842 9.32
Eastern Suburbs 64,485 8.98

See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  3. ^ a b c Australian Census 2006, Ancestry by Region

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