An Asian Australian can be generally defined as a person of Asian

Asian people

Asian people or Asiatic people is a term with multiple meanings that refers to people who descend from a portion of Asia's population.- Central Asia :...

 ancestry who was born in or is an immigrant to Australia

Australia

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.

There is no agreed definition of who an Asian Australian is, although for the purposes of aggregating data, the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics

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 in its Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) has grouped certain ethnic groups into certain categories, including Northeast Asian e.g Chinese Australian

Chinese Australian

Chinese Australian is an Australian of Chinese heritage. In the 2006 Australian Census, 669,890 Australian residents identified themselves as having Chinese ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry....

, Southeast Asian e.g Vietnamese Australian

Vietnamese Australian

A Vietnamese Australian is an Australian either born in Vietnam or is an Australian descendant of the former. Communities of Overseas Vietnamese are referred to as Việt Kiều or người Việt hải ngoại.-History in Australia:...

, South Asian e.g. Indian Australian

Indian Australian

An Indian Australian is an Australian of Indian heritage. They include both those who are Australian by birth, and increasingly, those born in India or elsewhere in the Indian diaspora...

 and Central Asian e.g Afghan Australian

Afghan Australian

Afghan Australians are Australians whose ancestors came from Afghanistan or who were born in Afghanistan.According to the 2006 Australian census 16,751 Australians were born in Afghanistan while 19,416 claimed Afghan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.-Afghan cameleers:The first Afghan...

. For the purpose of this article an Asian Australian is considered to be an Australian resident falling into one of these four groups.

At the 2006 Census 1,696,568 Australian residents declared that they had ancestral background to one of these three groupings, either alone or in combination with one other ancestry. This represents about 6% of all responses.

Demographics

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	18.8
Melbourne, VIC	565,056	16.18
Perth, WA	136,848	9.47
Brisbane, QLD	130,598	7.41
Adelaide, SA	68,640	6.21
Canberra, ACT	30,113	9.32
Darwin, NT	10,551	9.96

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

See also

• Asian American
  Asian American
  Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
  
  
• Asian Canadian
  Asian Canadian
  This is a list of Canadians of Asian ancestry. Asian Canadians comprise the largest visible minority in Canada, at 11% of the Canadian population.- Ethnicity :List of Asian Canadian Demographies according to the 2006 Census- Notable Asian Canadians :...
  
  
• Asian Brazilian
  Asian Brazilian
  An Asian Brazilian is is a Brazilian citizen of full or partial Asian ancestry, who remains culturally connected to Asia, or an Asian-born person permanently residing in Brazil. Brazil received many immigrants from Asia, both from Middle East and East Asia...
  
  
• British Asian
  British Asian
  British Asian is a term used to describe British citizens who descended from mainly South Asia, also known as South Asians in the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Asian people
  Asian people
  Asian people or Asiatic people is a term with multiple meanings that refers to people who descend from a portion of Asia's population.- Central Asia :...
  
  

External links

• Centre for Asian Societies and Histories