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African Australians
Total population
326,673 (2021 census)[1] 1.3% of Australia's population
New South Wales
75,942
(1.02%)
Queensland
64,112
(1.32%)
Western Australia
66,744
(2.61%)
Northern Territory
2,660
(1.08%)
Victoria
90,640
(1.47%)
South Australia
17,607
(1.03%)
Tasmania
3,434
(0.66%)
Australian Capital Territory
5,504
(1.37%)
Languages
Australian English
African languages
Religion
Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
African Australians are Australians descended from the any peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa, including naturalised Australians who are immigrants from various regions in Sub-Saharan Africa and descendants of such immigrants. At the 2021 census, the number of ancestry responses categorised within Sub-Saharan African ancestral groups as a proportion of the total population amounted to 1.3%.[1][2]
Large-scale immigration from Africa to Australia is only a recent phenomenon, with Europe and Asia traditionally being the largest sources of migration to Australia. African Australians come from diverse ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious, educational and employment backgrounds.
^ ab"Australian Bureau of Statistics : Census of Population and Housing: Cultural diversity data summary, 2021" (XLSX). Abs.gov.au. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^"Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG), 2019 | Australian Bureau of Statistics". 18 December 2019.
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