Cuban Australians

Cuban Australians

Total population
2,135 (combined)
Regions with significant populations
New South Wales; Queensland; Victoria (state); Western Australia
Languages
Australian English Cuban Spanish Yoruba Languages
Related ethnic groups
Caribbean and West Indian Australians

Cuban Australians (Spanish: cubanos australianos) are Australian citizens whose full or partial ancestry can be traced back to Cuba.

In 2023, there were 1,021 Australians residents who were born in Cuba, whereas some other 1,114 Australians claimed Australia as their birthplace along with their partial and full Cuban ancestry.

The Cuban Australian population can be divided into those who have left or are to this day fleeing Cuba for the Commonwealth of Australia, those who were born in Australia to one or both Cuban migrants, and those whose ancestors came from Cuba during the Cuban exodus.

Millions of Cubans had escaped from Cuba during the Cuban exodus to flee the Fidel Castro's regime, of whom many of them primarily spread out across the United States, Uruguay, Mexico, Spain and Italy

Many of these exiles decided to limit their stay to North America, Europe and South America, whereas other significant amounts of them had settled across Africa, mainly in South Africa and Angola; Asia and Oceania, mainly in Australia and New Zealand, hosting fewer Cuban people compared to Australia.

However, Australia has the most sizable number of Cuban individuals in the continent.

New South Wales, especially Greater Sydney and Queensland are home to the largest populations of Cuban Australians with more than 1,000 individuals identifying as such.

Following significant long-standing numbers of Cuban Australians can be found in the states of Victoria: especially in Melbourne, and Western Australia.

See also

• Hispanic and Latin American Australians
• Caribbean and West Indian Australians