Icelandic Australians
Appearance
Íslenskur Ástralskur | |
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Total population | |
980 (ancestry) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Melbourne, Sydney | |
Languages | |
Australian English, Icelandic | |
Religion | |
Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism (minority) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Icelanders, Faroese |
Icelandic Australians are Australian citizens of Icelandic ancestry, or persons born in Iceland residing in Australia. There were 980 residents who reported Icelandic ancestry in the 2011 census.[1] They form the smallest part of the wider Scandinavian Australian group usually included in the census.
Notable Icelandic Australians
- Alan Gould, contemporary novelist, essayist, and poet
See also
References
- ^ "Iceland country brief". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 27 February 2017.