“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.
A white person is defined as a person who has European ancestry. In Australia, about 90.2 percent of the nation's population is white. The following is a breakdown of some of the major ethnic groups that fall under this category: To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.
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 .
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 2021, just over 7 million people in Australia were born overseas, representing 27.6% of the population.
In the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated individual ancestries as a proportion of the total population were: English (33%) Australian (29.9%) Irish (9.5%)
While exploring the same topic using the latest Census data, an article from ABC News considered Point Cook in VIC to be the country's most multicultural suburb based on the fact that the residents are from 86 different countries.
River Murray (SA)
Firstly, it is located just 100kms east of Adelaide. Secondly, its dark skies have been measured as being some of the darkest anywhere. And thirdly, it is the fifth-largest reserve in the world.
The world's largest ethnic group is Han Chinese, constituting over 19% of the global population in 2011. In terms of the largest number of native speakers, Mandarin is the world's most spoken language.
White Australian may refer to: European Australians, Australians with European ancestry. Anglo-Celtic Australians, an Australian with ancestry from the British Isles.
Yezidi: Highest growing religion from 2016 to 2021
The number of Yezidis in Australia increased from 63 people in 2016 to 4,123 in 2021 (an increase of 6,444%).
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.
There are now some 1.4 million people with Chinese ancestry living in Australia, comprising 5.5% of the population. 1 According to the 2021 census, of Australia's top five ancestries, the only group to have grown since the last census in 2016 was Australians with Chinese ancestry.
Government data about the UK's different ethnic groups. 82% of people in England and Wales are white, and 18% belong to a black, Asian, mixed or other ethnic group (2021 Census data).
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.
In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.
With a population that hovers around 2,000, the Toto are today considered one of the world's smallest ethnic groups, and, like their fellow Indigenous peoples from the Amazon to Australia, are experiencing the consequences of extractive industries.
China population is equivalent to 18.47% of the total world population. China ranks number 1 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The name Australia (pronounced /əˈstreɪliə/ in Australian English) is derived from the Latin australis, meaning "southern", and specifically from the hypothetical Terra Australis postulated in pre-modern geography.
The largest number of African immigrants in Australia come from South Africa and are largely of Afrikaner and British (White South African) descent. Many migrants born in Zimbabwe left the country after major land reforms were begun in the 1980s by the Robert Mugabe government.
In the 2020 census, over 400,000 people living in Australia recorded they were of African origin. 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.
Over time, Melbourne has become the birthplace of a number of unique cultural traits and institutions, and today it is one of the world's most multicultural cities.
New South Wales and Victoria have been found to be Australia's two most culturally diverse states according to the study by EdgeRed, with Tasmania determined to be the least so.
Woorabinda, west of Gladstone, was ranked the most disadvantaged LGA in the country, followed by Cherbourg, about an hour west of Gympie in the state's south. Yarrabah, Kowanyama, Wujal Wujal and Doomadgee, all in the state's north, were also ranked in the 10 most disadvantaged areas in Australia.