Uruguayan Australians

Ethnic group in Australia

Ethnic group
  • 6,485 (by ancestry, 2006)[1]
  • 9,376 (by birth, 2006).[2]
Regions with significant populationsUruguayan born by state or territory[3] New South Wales6,516 Victoria1,615 Queensland669 Western Australia171 South Australia129Languages
  • Australian English
  • Uruguayan Spanish
  • Italian[3]
Religion
  • Roman Catholic (Predominantly)
  • Protestant
Related ethnic groups
  • Spaniards
  • Italians
  • French
  • Basques
  • Portuguese
  • White Hispanics

Uruguayan Australians (Spanish: uruguayos australiano) refers to Australians of Uruguayan ancestry or birth who reside in Australia.

According to the 2006 Australian census, 9,376 Australians were born in Uruguay[2] while 6,485 claimed Uruguayan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.[1]

History

The first migrants from Uruguay came to Australia in the 1960s with growing numbers in the 1970s due to military dictatorship.[4]

Uruguayan Australians

See also

  • flagAustralia portal
  • flagUruguay portal

References

  1. ^ a b "20680- Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex – Australia". Australian census 2006. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (XLS) on 10 March 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008: Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons – 19,855,288.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. ^ a b "20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex – Australia". Australian census 2006. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (XLS) on 10 March 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008: Total count of persons – 19,855,288.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ a b "Community Information Summary: Uruguay-born" (PDF). Community Relations Section of DIAC, Commonwealth of Australia. February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2017: 2011 census{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "History of immigration from Uruguay". Museum Victoria Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

External links

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