Venezuelan Australians
Total population | |
---|---|
2,206 (by ancestry, 2011)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 1,191[2] |
![]() | 727[2] |
![]() | 577[2] |
![]() | 450[2] |
Languages | |
Australian English · Venezuelan Spanish · Arabic · Italian | |
Religion | |
Predominately Roman Catholic · Protestant | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Italians · Spaniards · South Americans |
Venezuelan Australians refers to Australian citizens of Venezuelan descent or birth. According to the 2011 Census there were 3,404 Venezuelan-born citizens who were residing in Australia at the moment of the census. There are an estimated 10,000 Australians of Venezuelan ancestry according to a study of Ivan De La Vega from Simón Bolívar University.[3]
Almost 76% of Venezuelan Australians are concentrated in Eastern Australia.
History and cultural background[]
Small numbers of Venezuela-born have migrated to Australia since the 1960s, but the majority, about 72.9% of the population, arrived in Australia after 2001 as a part of the brain drain of the Bolivarian diaspora. Most came as skilled migrants, because of uncertainty of economic conditions in Venezuela.[2]
Ancestry[]
According to the 2011 census, 42.1% of Venezuelans reported to have Venezuelan ancestry, 13.9% Venezuelans reported to have Spanish Venezuelan ancestry, 8.1% of Venezuelans reported to have Italo-Venezuelan ancestry, 3.4% of Venezuelans reported to have ancestry and 32.4% of Venezuelans reported to have other ancestries.
Education and professions[]
83.7% of Venezuelan Australians over 15 years of age had a form of higher non-school qualifications. 57.6% had an occupation that was either being a skilled managerl, professional or in trade.[2]
Language[]
The main language spoken at home by Venezuela-born people is Spanish in a 77.7% followed by English with 13.8%. With a difference to others Latin American Australian diasporas that speaks mainly Romance languages and English languages, an important percent of Venezuelan-born people main language spoken at home is Arabic in 2.6%. The remaining 6% speak others language at home (2% of them speak Italian).[2]
Religion[]
Most Venezuelan Australians are Catholics (73%), irreligious (12.5%), Protestants (2.5%) and others (10.6%).
See also[]
- Demographics of Venezuela
- Demographics of Australia
References[]
- ^ "The People of Australia – Statistics from the 2011 Census" (PDF). Australian Government.
- ^ a b c d e f g https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/02_2014/venezuela.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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Resources[]
- Australian people of Venezuelan descent
- Venezuelan diaspora
- Latin American Australian