Little Italy, consisting of Lygon Street and Carlton is Melbourne's designated Italian precinct.
Despite the next-gen energy, Melbourne's Italian-born population is actually shrinking, down from 80,109 in 2001 to 58,081 in 2021.
It is known that the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s attracted approximately 4,000 ethnic Italians to the colony. These immigrants primarily came from the Valtellina region in Lombardy or the southern Swiss cantons.
Among the largest were New Italy in northern New South Wales and the Western Australian mining towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder. Irrigation systems, many of them built by migrant engineers such as Ettore Checchi and Carlo Catani, led to the emergence of migrant-owned market gardens and orchards all over the country.
At the 2021 census, 1,108,364 Australian residents nominated Italian ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 4.4% of the Australian population. The 2021 census found that 171,520 were born in Italy. In 2021, there were 228,042 Australian residents who spoke Italian at home.
Many of these regions had very distinct dialects which people spoke as their first language, with Italian being their second. Most of these arrivals were economic migrants that sought a better income and living. They often viewed their migration to Australia as temporary and intended to eventually return to Italy.
Little Italy in Victoria, Australia (also referred to as simply "Lygon Street"), is a "Little Italy" cultural precinct of the Italian community of Melbourne. It is situated along Lygon Street in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton.
Stroll along leafy Lygon Street in the heart of Carlton and discover Little Italy – the place where Melbourne's famous cafe culture was born. Running from Queensberry Street in the south to Elgin Street in the north, this part of Lygon Street is crammed with Italian restaurants, ice-cream shops, boutiques and bars.
Ancestry and immigration. At the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were: English (24.8%) Australian (22.5%)
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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.
The state of New York has the largest population of Italian Americans, at 3.1 million people. The majority of Italian Americans in New York City originated from southern parts of Italy.
Italian Brazilians are the largest number of people with full or partial Italian ancestry outside Italy, with São Paulo as the most populous city with Italian ancestry in the world.
Milan is the capital of the Lombardy region in northern Italy and is the wealthiest city in Italy.
As of January 2021, over 880 thousand Italians lived in Argentina, the country with the largest number of Italian citizens. Two European countries followed in the ranking, Germany and Switzerland, while Brazil had the fourth largest Italian emigrated population.
Lygon Street is synonymous with the Italian community of Melbourne, forming the nexus point of Little Italy. It is home to many Italian restaurants and alfresco cafés.
Tattersalls Lane. One of the oldest laneways in Melbourne, Tattersalls Lane is located between Swanston and Russell streets, with the lane connecting Lonsdale Street to Little Bourke Street.
Indeed, while the rest of Italy typically uses “strada” and “via” to describe “roads” and “streets”, the terms “strada” and “via” in Venice are only used once each: Strada Nuova and Via Garibaldi.
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Melbourne has some of the richest suburbs in the country and Toorak is considered the most expensive one. The median price for units and houses is highest in Toorak. The market average price for houses and units is higher in Toorak, East Melbourne, Main Ridge, Brighton, and Middle Park.
Little Italy is in Ottawa West Centretown.
Currently more than 250,000 people speak Greek at home, while 378,265 people consider themselves of Greek origin in Australia. On the other hand, almost 317,000 speak Italian at home, whilst 916,121 Australians identify to be of Italian origin.
Historically, most Italians have been Roman Catholics. Also, the majority of Italian immigrants who migrated to Australia have remained Catholics.