An Asian Australian is a person of Asian ancestry who is a citizen or permanent resident of Australia.
For the purposes of aggregating data, the Australian Bureau of Statistics in its Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) has grouped certain ethnic groups into certain categories, including East Asian e.g. Chinese Australian, Southeast Asian e.g. Vietnamese Australian, South Asian e.g. Indian Australian and Central Asian e.g. Afghan Australian. For this article an Asian Australian is considered to be an Australian resident falling into one of these four groups.
At the 2011 Census 2.4 million Australians declared that they had an Asian ancestral background. This represents about 12% of all responses.
Read more about Asian Australian: History of Asian Immigration, Cultural Influences, Demographics
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