Uruguayan Australians
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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(Uruguayan 6,485 (by ancestry, 2006)[1] 9,376 (by birth, 2006).[2]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
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Australian English · Rioplatense Spanish Italian · Portuñol · | |
| Religion | |
| · Roman Catholic (Predominantly) · Protestant · Jewish | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians · Spaniards · French · Portuguese · British Latin Americans · Latinos · White Latin Americans · Japanese Uruguayans |
Uruguayan Australians refers to Australians of Uruguayan ancestry or birth who reside in Australia.
According to the 2006 Australian census, 9,376 Australians were born in Uruguay[2] while 6,485 claimed Uruguayan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.[1]
Demography
According to 2006 census on the Uruguayan diaspora in Australia, there are about 6,485 people of that origin. The majority of Uruguayans that migrated to Australia arrived in the 1960s and 1970s. It calculates that between 1963 and 1975 (when the country's economy suffered a huge drop), 180,000 Uruguayans left the country; more recently, in the years of oppressive military control (1975–1985), 150,000 Uruguayans left Uruguay. By 1989, only 16,000 of these citizens had returned to their native country. These figures combined indicate an emigration figure of approximately one-tenth the population of Uruguay.
Although in the 1990s, Uruguayans constituted one of the largest groups in the total pool of immigrants to Australia originating from Latin America, they only made up a small part of Australia's Hispanic population.
Uruguayan Australians
- Alex Brosque, football (soccer) player for Sydney FC
- Anthony Cáceres, football player for Manchester City F.C.
- Nick Carle, football (soccer) player
- Richard Garcia, football (soccer) player for Perth Glory FC
- Telmo Languiller, politician
- Richard Porta, football (soccer) player
Further reading
See also
References
- 1 2 "20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex – Australia" (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 June 2008. Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.
- 1 2 "20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex – Australia" (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 June 2008. Total count of persons: 19,855,288.
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