Australians come from all over the world. Aboriginal Australians have been here for tens of thousands of years. In the last two centuries people have come from every continent to make Australia their home. People living in Australia contribute different ideas, skills, thoughts, foods, arts, sports, religion, celebrations and culture!
Fun facts
- More than 300 languages are spoken in Australian homes.
- Around 45 percent of Australians were born overseas or have at least one parent who was born overseas.
- The top ten countries of birth in Australia are Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, China, India, Italy, Vietnam, Philippines, South Africa and Malaysia.
- People from more than 200 countries make up the Australian community.
- Australians practise more than 100 religions including Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism.
- Since the end of world War II in 1945, more then seven million migrants have made Australia their home.
- Apart from English the most common languages spoken in Australia are Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, Cantonese, Greek, Vietnamese, Tagalong/filipino, Spanish and Hindi.