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As a consequence, ancestry was not included in either the 1991 or 1996 Censuses. Between 1987 and 1999, the Anglo-Celtic component of Australia's population declined from 75 per cent to 70 per cent. [37] In 1999, the Anglo-Celtic share of the Australian population was calculated as 69.9%. [38]
English Australians, also known as Anglo-Australians, [3] are Australians whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England. In the 2021 census, 8,385,928 people, or 33% of the Australian population, stated that they had English ancestry (whether sole or partial). [1] It is the largest self-identified ancestry in Australia. [1]
Anglo-Celtic people are descended primarily from English and Irish, Scottish or Welsh people. [1] The concept is mainly relevant outside of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales , particularly in Australia, but is also used in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and South Africa , where a significant diaspora is located.
European Australians are citizens or residents of Australia whose ancestry originates from the peoples of Europe.They form the largest panethnic group in the country. [7] At the 2021 census, the number of ancestry responses categorised within European ancestral groups as a proportion of the total population amounted to more than 57.2% (46% North-West European and 11.2% Southern and Eastern ...
Australian Government poster issued by the Overseas Settlement Office to attract British immigrants (1928). Using data from the 2016 census, it was estimated that around 58% of the Australian population were Anglo-Celtic Australians with 18% being of other European origins, a total of 76% for European ancestries as a whole. [71]
Australian people of English-Jewish descent (28 P) Pages in category "Australian people of English descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 890 total.
According to the 2021 Australian census, 130,060 Australian residents were born in Scotland, while 2,176,777 claimed Scottish ancestry, either alone or in combination with another ancestry. [ 3 ] History
As of 2025, all 31 prime ministers of Australia have been white European Australians. The vast majority of them have been Anglo-Celtic Australians, tracing their ancestry to England, Ireland, and/or Scotland. Additionally, Alfred Deakin and Billy Hughes had some Welsh ancestry. [13]