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Asian Australians are Australians of Asian ancestry, including naturalised Australians who are immigrants from various regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants. At the 2021 census, the proportion of the population identifying as Asian amounted to approximately 17.4 percent with breakdowns of 6.5 percent from Southern and Central Asia, 6.4 percent from North-East Asia, and 4.5 percent ...
v. t. e. Asian Australian history is the history of Asian ethnic and racial groups in Australia who trace their ancestry to Asia. The term Asian Australian, was first used in the 1950s by European Australians who wanted to strengthen diplomatic and trade ties with Asia for the benefit of the Australian community. [ 1]
In 1861, at least 38,000 Chinese people lived in the Australian colonies with the vast majority being men. [27] On the goldfields in Bendigo in 1861 there were 5,367 Chinese men and only one Chinese woman. [6] By 1861, there were around 40,000 Chinese people living in Australia, constituting 3.3% of the total population. [28]
Chinese Australians are one of the largest groups within the global Chinese diaspora, and are the largest Asian Australian community. Per capita, Australia has more people of Chinese ancestry than any country outside Asia. As a whole, Australian residents identifying themselves as having Chinese ancestry made up 5.5% of Australia's population ...
20 Asian Australian people have been members of the Parliament of Australia (the Federal Parliament), including ten each in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most common represented ethnicity are Chinese Australian (nine) and Indian Australian (three). There are eight incumbent Asian Australian parliamentarians as of 2022.
Demographics of Australia. The population of Australia is estimated to be 27,413,300 as of 19 September 2024. [10] It is the 54th [11] most populous country in the world and the most populous Oceanian country. Its population is concentrated mainly in urban areas, particularly on the Eastern, South Eastern and Southern seaboards, and is expected ...
In 1861, at least 38,000 Chinese people lived in the Australian colonies with the vast majority being men. [7] On the goldfields in Bendigo in 1861 there were 5,367 Chinese men and only one Chinese woman. [3] By 1861, there were around 40,000 Chinese people living in Australia, constituting 3.3% of the total population. [8]
Chinese Australians are one of the largest groups of Overseas Chinese people, forming the largest Overseas Chinese community in Oceania, and are the largest Asian-Australian community. Per capita, Australia has more people of Chinese ancestry than any country outside Asia.