Venezuelan Australians (Spanish: venezolanos australiano) refers to Australian citizens of Venezuelan descent or birth. According to the 2021 Census there were 6,627 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.[2]
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,627 (by ancestry, 2021)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 New South Wales | 1,629[1] |
 Victoria | 1,123[1] |
 Queensland | 1,109[1] |
 Western Australia | 485[1] |
| Languages | |
| Australian English · Venezuelan Spanish · Arabic · Italian · Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Predominately Roman Catholic · Protestant | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians · Spaniards · Portuguese · South Americans • Colombian Australians • Brazilian Australians | |
Almost 76% of Venezuelan Australians are concentrated in Eastern Australia.
History and cultural background
editSmall 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 Venezuelan diaspora. Most came as skilled migrants, because of uncertainty of economic conditions in Venezuela.[3]
Ancestry
editAccording 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 English Venezuelan ancestry and 32.4% of Venezuelans reported to have other ancestries, including Portuguese Venezuelan.
Education and professions
edit83.7% 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.[3]
Language
editThe 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 Hispanic 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, and at least 1% of them speak(s) Portuguese).[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Census of Population and Housing: Cultural diversity data summary, 2021" (XLSX). Abs.gov.au. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Venezolanos en el exterior - Infografías | Últimas Noticias". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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