Venezuelan Australians

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Venezuelan Australians
Venezolano-Australiano
Flag of Venezuela.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Total population
6,627 (by ancestry, 2021) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales 1,629 [1]
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg  Victoria 1,123 [1]
Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland 1,109 [1]
Flag of Western Australia.svg  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

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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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 Venezuelan diaspora. Most came as skilled migrants, because of uncertainty of economic conditions in Venezuela. [3]

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 English Venezuelan ancestry and 32.4% of Venezuelans reported to have other ancestries, including Portuguese Venezuelan.

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. [3]

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 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Census of Population and Housing: Cultural diversity data summary, 2021" (XLSX). Abs.gov.au. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. "Venezolanos en el exterior - Infografías | Últimas Noticias". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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