Ghanaian Australian

Ghanaian Australians are Australian citizens and residents of Ghanaian origin and descent. More than 50% of all Ghanaian-born live in Sydney, New South Wales. ^[1]

Background

The Special Commonwealth African Assistance Plan allowed students from West African countries, including from Ghana, to come to Australia the mid-1960s. More than 70 per cent of these students remained in Australia following military coups in their countries. While small in number, the Ghana-born steadily increased from the mid-1970s following the easing of immigration restrictions. ^[2]

Population

The majority of Ghanaian Australians are skilled and educated, with 70.6% of the Ghana-born aged 15 years and over possessing higher non-school qualifications, compared to 55.9% of the Australian population. ^[3] The 2011 Census noted there are 3,866 Ghana-born people in Australia, and over 2,300 Ghana-born Australians speak a language indigenous to Africa at home. ^[4] Some of the over 10,700 Australian-born who speak an African language may also speak a Ghanaian language. ^[5]

Notable Ghanaian Australians

• Faustina Agolley
• Kwabena Appiah-Kubi
• Selasi Berdie
• Kofi Danning
• Dorinda Hafner
• Nuala Hafner
• Kwame Yeboah

References

v t e Ghanaian diaspora Australia Canada France Italy Jamaica Surinam United Kingdom United States

v t e African Australians Ethnic groups in Africa African culture East Kenyan Mauritian South Sudanese Horn Ethiopian Somali North Egyptian Sudanese Tunisian Southern South African Zimbabwean West Ghanaian Nigerian