The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its latest population data for the nation based on country of birth.
Greece-born residents rank 17th in the list, just ahead of Iraqi-born residents and just below those born in Hong Kong.
On this day in 1896, the first Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece after being banned 1,500 years previously.
Here are the top suburbs in each state/territory for Greek ancestry 🇬🇷 pic.twitter.com/FZKZ6wS0wD
— Australian Bureau of Statistics (@ABSStats) April 5, 2022
Australian residents born in Greece were estimated to be approximately 100,000 in 2021, down from 121,000 in 2011.
Meanwhile, Indian-born Australians were the group with the largest increase over the past decade, effectively more than doubling their population to 710,000.
Those born in England retain their top position with well over 960,000 people despite a decrease.
China is the birthplace of the third largest group (596,000) with an annual decrease of 52,000 people.
Australia's overseas born population by country of birth:
🏴 967,000
🇮🇳 710,000
🇨🇳 596,000
🇳🇿 560,000
🇵🇭 311,000
🇻🇳 268,000
🇿🇦 202,000
🇲🇾 172,000
🇮🇹 172,000
🇱🇰 146,00029.1% of resident population born overseas in 2021, down from 29.8% a year earlier.@SBSNews @ABSStats pic.twitter.com/szYR37FjJJ
— Ricardo Gonçalves (@BUSINESSricardo) April 26, 2022
In notable changes overall, Australia’s overseas-born population has recorded a drop for the first time since 2000.
The decrease was from 29,8% in 2020 to 29.1% in 2021, meaning that according to the latest date 7.5 million residents were born overseas, down from 7.7 million.
“This decrease can be attributed to the COVID-19 travel restrictions and the impact on overseas migration in both directions. The travel and migration intentions of many people changed due to the pandemic,” the ABS report states.
In 2020, Australia ranked 9th internationally for the total number of migrants in its population.
Australia’s estimated resident population (ERP) by country of birth is measured at 30 June each year. National data is available annually with a state and territory breakdown only available for Census years.
