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According to the 2021 Australian census, 100,148 Australians were born in [[Hong Kong]];<ref name="abs.gov.au"/> 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.<ref name="ABS Ancestry">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?breadcrumb=POLTD&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&subaction=-1&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&documentproductno=0&textversion=false&documenttype=Details&collection=Census&javascript=true&topic=Ancestry&action=404&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&order=1&period=2006&tabname=Details&areacode=0&navmapdisplayed=true&|title=20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format=XLS|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|work=2006 Census|access-date=6 January 2010|postscript=: Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.}}{{dead link|date=April 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
According to the 2021 Australian census, 100,148 Australians were born in [[Hong Kong]];<ref name="abs.gov.au"/> 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.<ref name="ABS Ancestry">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?breadcrumb=POLTD&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&subaction=-1&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&documentproductno=0&textversion=false&documenttype=Details&collection=Census&javascript=true&topic=Ancestry&action=404&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&order=1&period=2006&tabname=Details&areacode=0&navmapdisplayed=true&|title=20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format=XLS|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|work=2006 Census|access-date=6 January 2010|postscript=: Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.}}{{dead link|date=April 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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香港裔澳洲人 (Chinese) | |
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Total population | |
100,148 (by birth, 2021 census)[1] (excluding descendants who were born in Australia, and first-generation immigrants who were born elsewhere) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New South Wales Victoria Queensland | |
Languages | |
Cantonese, English, Standard Mandarin[clarify] | |
Religion | |
Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian or Non-religious; Roman Catholic, Protestant, etc. |
Hong Kong Australians are Australian citizens or permanent residents of Hong Kong descent. Many Hong Kong Australians hold dual citizenship of Australia and China.[2]
Description
The predominant language among Hongkongers is Cantonese, a variety of Chinese originating in Guangdong. It is spoken by 93.7% of the population Slightly over half the population (58.7%) speaks English, the other official language; 4.6% are native speakers, and 54.1% speak English as a second language.[3] Code-switching, mixing English and Cantonese in informal conversation, is common among the bilingual population.[4] Post-handover governments have promoted Mandarin, which is currently about as prevalent as English; 54.2% of the population speak Mandarin, with 2.3% native speakers and 51.9% as a second language.[3]
Hong Kong permanent residents can come from a variety of ethnicities. The overwhelming majority (91.6%) is Han Chinese, most of whom are Taishanese, Teochew, Hakka, and other Cantonese peoples.[3][5]
History
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According to the 2021 Australian census, 100,148 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.[6]
Notable Hong Kong Australians
- Benjamin Law – writer and journalist
- Clara Law – film director (born in Macau)
- John So, AO, JP – 102nd Lord Mayor of Melbourne
- Raymond Chan – basketballer
- Lindy Hou, OAM – Paralympic Games and World Champion Tandem Cyclist
- Kenneth To – swimmer
- Gladys Liu – Liberal Member for Chisholm
- Curtis Cheng – victim of Jihadist terrorist attack during the 2015 Parramatta shooting
- Jared Lum – footballer
- Sam Chui – Aviation blogger
- Brad Turvey – former model and TV host in the Philippines (born in Hong Kong to a Hong Kong Chinese mother)
- Jessica Gomes – model (born in Singapore to Hong Kong Chinese mother)
- Stephanie Jacobsen – actress & TV host (born in Hong Kong)
- Anjali Rao – journalist & TV news program host (born in Hong Kong)
See also
- Chinese Australians
- Taiwanese Australians
- Australians in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Sydney
References
- ^ a b "2021 Cultural diversity data summary". www.censusdata.abs.gov.au.
- ^ "Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII)". www.hklii.hk. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Main Results (PDF). 2021 Population By-Census (Report). Census and Statistics Department. 2021. p. 46
- ^ Lee, John (2012). A Corpus-Based Analysis of Mixed Code in Hong Kong Speech. International Conference on Asian Language Processing. pp. 165–168. ISBN 978-1-4673-6113-2.
- ^ Carroll, John (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 144–147. ISBN 978-0-7425-3422-3.
- ^ "20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia" (XLS). 2006 Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 6 January 2010: Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.
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