Hong Kong Australians
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| Total population | |
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| 71,803 (by birth, 2006)[1] (excluding descendants who were born in Australia, and first-generation immigrants who were born elsewhere) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Cantonese, English | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian; Roman Catholic, Anglican, Protestant, Atheist, Agnostic. |
Hong Kong Australians are Australian citizens of Hong Kong descent. Many Hong Kong Australians hold dual citizenship of Australia and Hong Kong, as well as British National (Overseas) status.
History
According to the 2006 Australian census, 71,803 Australians were born in Hong Kong;[1] a figure that would exclude first-generation immigrants from Hong Kong who were born elsewhere, as well as descendants of immigrants who were born in Australia. The corresponding figure on ancestry was not collected.[2] It is not known whether non-citizen residents and international students were covered in these figures. Hong Kong Australians are Han Chinese by ethnicity and Cantonese by ancestry.[citation needed]
According to Ethnologue, there were 244,553 Cantonese speakers in Australia,[3] a significant proportion of which would be immigrants from Hong Kong and their children, especially amongst those migrated to Australia in the 1990s and before.[citation needed]
Notable Hong Kong Australians
- Moses Chan – actor, presenter and model
- Queenie Chan – comic artist
- Stephanie Jacobsen – actress
- Michael Johnson – politician and former MHR for electorate of Ryan
- Anna Choy – actress
- Benjamin Law – writer and journalist
- Clara Law – film director (born in Macau)
- John So – 102nd Lord Mayor of Melbourne
- Alfred Tsang – former mayor of Strathfield, NSW
- John Young – artist
- Julian Cheung–actor, presenter, model
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Total count of persons: 19,855,288.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.
- ↑ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Australia
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