African migrants represent a small but growing population in Australia, with 388,179 recoded in the latest Census (about 1.7 per cent of the total population). In South Australia, there are 20,238 African migrants, 33 per cent of whom were born in South Africa and the remainder coming from 45 different countries.
25,809,973 (July 2021 est.) English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%, German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian 1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other 15.8% (includes Australian Aboriginal . 5%), unspecified 5.4% (2011 est.)
About 400,000 people of African origin were living in Australia in 2020. This represents 1.6% of the Australian population and 5.1% of Australia's overseas-born population. Most (58%) are white South Africans but 42% are black Africans from sub-Saharan countries.
“Although those who have non-European and Indigenous backgrounds make up an estimated 24 percent of the Australian population, such backgrounds account for only 5 percent of senior leaders,” the report states.
Well, Australia has a unique ethnic distribution. About 85–90% of the population identifies as ethnically white (meaning of European ancestry), but this is actually a compilation of several ethnic categories.
At the 2021 census, 1,390,637 Australian residents identified themselves as having Chinese ancestry, accounting for 5.5% of the total population.
Australia's population of about 23.4 million is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse populations in the world. The country was colonized by the British and has experienced immigration from many different countries and cultures.
NSW and VIC are the most culturally diverse states
The most culturally diverse states in Australia are NSW and VIC. These 2 states scored similar results with our HHI and the similarities don't stop there. The top 5 ancestries of both states are English, Australian, Chinese, Irish and Scottish.
This includes both those who are Australian by birth, and those born in India or elsewhere in the Indian diaspora. Indian Australians are one of the largest groups within the Indian diaspora, with 783,958 persons declaring Indian ancestry at the 2021 census, representing 3.1% of the Australian population.
The latest Census in 2016 recorded 8,488 Nigeria-born people in Australia, an increase of 87.8 per cent from the 2011 Census. Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom in October 1960. It is an oil-rich country located in Western Africa.
In the last two decades, there has been a growing number of African communities in Australia. African people migrate to Australia for many reasons, including job-seeking and civil wars caused by race, religion, nationality, and membership in particular social or political groups.
One reason behind this large landmass being so desolate is the shortage of rainfall. More than two-third part of the country only receives less than 500 mm annual rain. This arid, uninhabitable part of Australia lies in the middle of the continent (the Outback), away from the coasts.
Other religions are growing but continue to make up a small proportion of the population. Hinduism has grown by 55.3 per cent to 684,002 people, or 2.7 per cent of the population. Islam has grown to 813,392 people, which is 3.2 per cent of the Australian population.
White Australian may refer to: European Australians, Australians with European ancestry. Anglo-Celtic Australians, an Australian with ancestry from the British Isles. White people, who are Australians.
The Chin community is the fastest growing ethnic group in Australia, growing four times its size between 2011 and 2016, according to Census data. Their rise has been so swift that ten years ago, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) didn't even report how many Chins were in the country.
In Australia, 812,000 people identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in the 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people represented 3.2% of the population.
“While exploring the same topic using the latest Census data, an article from the ABC considered Point Cook in Victoria to be the country's most multicultural suburb based on the fact that the residents are from 86 different countries,” notes author Charlotte Pan.
Australia's population density is low because most of the country's interior is desert (also known as the outback) and presents extremely difficult living conditions.
Three major contributors to Australia's demographic make-up are a diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, a British colonial past and extensive immigration from many different countries and cultures.
"Kiwi" (/ˈkiːwi/ KEE-wee) is a common self-reference used by New Zealanders, though it is also used internationally. Unlike many demographic labels, its usage is not considered offensive; rather, it is generally viewed as a symbol of pride and affection for most people of New Zealand.
The Oxford general English language dictionary defines Pākehā as 'a white New Zealander', The Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms (2010) defines Pākehā as a noun 'a light-skinned non-Polynesian New Zealander, especially one of British birth or ancestry as distinct from a Māori; a European or white person'; and as an ...