Kurdish Australians

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Kurdish Australians
Total population
10,528 (2016) [1]
Languages
Kurdish, Australian English, (some knowledge of Turkish, Arabic and Persian)
Religion
Majority Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Kurdish Americans, Kurdish British

Kurdish Australians refers to Australians of Kurdish origin or descent. Approximately 10,000 people in Australia claim to be of Kurdish ancestry according to the 2016 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Nearly 6,200 people in Australia claim to be speaking Kurdish at home in the same Census data.

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History

In Australia, Kurdish migrants first arrived in the second half of the 1960s, mainly from Turkey. [2] In the late 1970s, families from Syria and Lebanon were also present in Australia. [2] Since the second half of the 1980s, the majority of Kurds arriving in Australia have been from Iraq and Iran; many of them were accepted under the Humanitarian Programme. [2] However, Kurds from Lebanon, Armenia and Georgia have also migrated to Australia.

Census results

Kurdish ancestry: [1]

State or territory2001200620112016
Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 2,3312,6803,1394,269
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 1,2121,4231,9163,269
Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia 341419668958
Flag of South Australia.svg  South Australia 328571722946
Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland 226302442921
Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg  Australian Capital Territory 36436089
Flag of Tasmania.svg  Tasmania 10221537
Flag of the Northern Territory.svg  Northern Territory 761321
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4,4915,4666,97510,528
Kurdish speakers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2,8393,5974,5906,202

Distribution

The majority live in Sydney and Melbourne. [2] In Sydney, they are mainly found in the suburbs of Auburn, Lakemba, Lidcombe, Bankstown, Punchbowl and the surrounds, which are suburbs in the LGA areas of Cumberland Council and City of Canterbury-Bankstown.

Religion among Kurdish Speakers (2016) [3]

   Islam (61.1%)
  No Religion (31.5%)
  Other (7.4%)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Australia : © Australian Bureau of Statistics". Kurdstat.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jupp 2001 , 550.
  3. "Census Explorer". Statistics of Australia. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

4. SBS Kurdish article