1,390,637 by ancestry (2021 census) [1][2] (5.5% of the Australian population)[1][2] 677,240 born in Mainland China (2019)[3] 101,290 born in Hong Kong (2019)[3] 59,250 born in Taiwan (2019)[3] 3,130 born in Macau (2019)[3]
Regions with significant populations
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, other urban areas Christmas Island
Languages
Australian English Mandarin, Cantonese various other Chinese dialects
Religion
Irreligion, Christianity, Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Taoism, Confucianism, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Hong Kong Australians, Taiwanese Australians, Malaysian Australians, Singaporean Australians, Overseas Chinese
Chinese Australians
Simplified Chinese
华裔澳洲人
Traditional Chinese
華裔澳洲人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Huáyì àozhōu rén
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
wa4 yeui6 ou3 jau1 jan4
Chinese Australians (simplified Chinese: 华裔澳大利亚人 or 华裔澳洲人; traditional Chinese: 華裔澳大利亞人 or 華裔澳洲人; pinyin: Huáyì àodàlìyà rén or Huáyì àozhōu rén) are Australians of Chinese origin. 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 at the 2021 census.[1][2]
The very early history of Chinese Australians involved significant immigration from villages of the Pearl River Delta in South China, with most such immigrants speaking dialects within the Yue dialect group. The Gold rushes lured many Chinese to the Australian colonies in the 19th century. As with many overseas Chinese groups the world over, early Chinese immigrants to Australia established several Chinatowns in major cities, such as Sydney (Chinatown, Sydney), Melbourne (Chinatown, Melbourne), Brisbane (Chinatown, Brisbane) and Perth (Chinatown, Perth). In the Australian external territory of Christmas Island, Australians of full or partial Chinese origin form the majority of the population.
The recent turbulence of Australia–China relations had a negative impact to the Chinese Australian community, being increasingly targeted by xenophobic attitudes.[4]
^ abc"Australian Census Quickstats 2021". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ abc"Community profiles. 2021".
^ abcd"Migration, Australia, 2019-20 financial year". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 17 June 2021.
^Lee, Jane (1 October 2023). "'What if there was a war?' Chinese Australians wear the scars after bitter years of hostile rhetoric". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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