Asian Australian - Demographics

Demographics

30% of Asians in Australia go to university, 20% of all Australian doctors are Asian, and 37% of Asian Australians take part in some form of organised sport. Second and third generation Chinese and Indian Australians are already present in large numbers. Across Australia's major cities, Asian immigration is least prominent in Perth and Brisbane (top migrant sources being England and New Zealand among other Anglosphere nations), whereas Melbourne and Sydney are far more influenced by Asian immigration. Sydney has the largest number of Asian Australians of any city, and a particularly high concentration of Chinese Australians. Chinese Australians make up Sydney's fourth largest ancestry (after English, Australian and Irish), while the Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese are among Sydney's five largest overseas-born communities.

**Metropolitan Areas with High Proportion of Australians of Asian ancestry (2006 Census)**
Metropolitan Area	Asian population(Est)	Asian people as % of total population.
Sydney, NSW	683,917	16.60
Melbourne, VIC	565,056	16.18
Darwin, NT	10,551	9.96
Perth, WA	136,848	9.47
Canberra, ACT	30,113	9.32
Brisbane, QLD	130,598	7.41
Adelaide, SA	68,640	6.21

Asian Australians by Sydney region (2006 census)

Region	Asian population	Asian people as % of total population
Fairfield-Liverpool	97,765	28.38
Inner Western Sydney	87,251	28.07
Central Western Sydney	84,491	27.88
Canterbury-Bankstown	68,784	22.89
Lower Northern Sydney	62,395	21.61
Central Northern Sydney	80,355	19.51
Inner Sydney	51,191	16.35
St George-Sutherland	60,010	14.16
North Western Sydney	73,806	12.76
Eastern Suburbs	27,274	11.82
Outer South Western Sydney	21,008	9.01
Northern Beaches	14,458	6.42

Asian Australians by Melbourne region (2006 census)

Region	Asian population	Asian people as % of total population
Box Hill	105,361	40.04
Melbourne Central	90,541	31.32
Fitzroy - North Fitzroy	71,440	28.92
Footscray	50,314	20.03
Burwood	26,395	18.67
Camberwell	20,035	15.25
Inner Melbourne	43,111	14.33
Springvale	22,991	14.17
Western Suburbs	72,842	9.32
Eastern Suburbs	64,485	8.98