English Australians

This article is about Australians of English descent. For English people of Australian descent, see Australians in the United Kingdom.

English Australians
England Australia
Statue of English-born Arthur Phillip, first colonial Governor of New South Wales
Total population
8,385,928 (by ancestry, 2021)[1]
(33% of the Australian population)
927,490 (by birth, 2021)
Regions with significant populations
All states and territories of Australia[citation needed]
Languages
English
Religion

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Related ethnic groups
Anglo-Celtic Australians, Scottish Australians, Irish Australians, Welsh Australians, Cornish Australians[citation needed]
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People of English ancestry as a fraction of total persons, in Australia, Australia, according to the 2011 census results.
English Total Responses as a fraction of total persons, in Inner Sydney, Australia, according to the 2011 census results.

English Australians, also known as Anglo-Australians,[3] are Australians whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England. In the 2021 census, 8,385,928 people, or 33% of the Australian population, stated that they had English ancestry (whether sole or partial).[1] It is the largest self-identified ancestry in Australia.[1] People of ethnic English origin have been the largest group to migrate to Australia since the establishment of the Colony of New South Wales in 1788.[4]

English Australians are a subset of Anglo-Celtic Australians, who are themselves a subset of European Australians. Other subsets of Anglo-Celtic Australians (that is, Australians with ancestry originating in the British Isles) include Irish Australians, Scottish Australians and Welsh Australians. There is a tendency to refer to these ancestries collectively due to their long history in Australia and the high degree of intermixture which has occurred over centuries. In light of this history, there is a tendency for Australians with English or other Anglo-Celtic ancestries to simply identify their ancestry as 'Australian'.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ "2016 People in Australia who were born in England, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ^ "The English in Sydney, Sydney Journal". 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ^ "History of immigration from England". museumvictoria.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia (Feature Article)". January 1995. Retrieved 27 July 2022.