Tongan Australians

Tongan Australians
Total population
(Tongan
25,096 (by ancestry, 2011)[1]
10,560 (by birth, 2011).[2] )
Regions with significant populations
Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne
Languages
English, Tongan
Religion
Christian
Related ethnic groups
Tongans

Tongan Australians refers to Australians who are of ethnic Tongan descent or Tonga-born people.

Background

According to the 2011 Australian census 10,560 Australians were born in Tonga, while 25,096 claimed Tongan ancestry.[2] In 2006, 18,426 claimed Tongan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.[1]

Population

Tongan migrants to Australia have tended to make their homes in the "arrival city" suburbs of Sydney's west. This pattern began in the 1970s, intensified in the 1980s, and continues today.[3] As of 2011, over 60% of Tongan-born Australians live in the state of New South Wales.[4]

The 2006 Australian census recorded that the majority of the Tongan Australians (4920 people) live in New South Wales, followed by Victoria (with 1190 people) and Queensland (1090).[5]

Despite there being relatively few Australians of Tongan descent, Tongan Australians have excelled in the football codes of Rugby League and Rugby Union as evidenced by the list of notable Tongan Australians which include:

Notable Tongan Australians

Notes

  1. 1 2 "20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia" (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2013-01-23. Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.
  2. 1 2 "Migration, Australia, 2011-12 and 2012-13" (XLS). Australian Bureau of Statistics. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013. (table 9.1 of downloadable XL file: "Estimated resident population, Country of birth, State/territory, Age and sex - 30 June 2011")
  3. "Pacific destiny on different shore". Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/02_2014/tonga.pdf
  5. "Community Information Summary - Tonga-born" (pdf download). 2006 census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2013-01-23.


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