German Australians

German Australians
Deutsch-Australier
Total population
1,026,138 (by ancestry, 2021)[1]
(4% of the Australian population)
107,940 (by birth, 2021)
Regions with significant populations
All states and territories of Australia, in particular Queensland and South Australia
Languages
Australian English, German, Barossa German
Religion
Christianity (Lutheranism, Catholicism), other.[2]

German Australians (German: Deutsch-Australier) are Australians with German ancestry. German Australians constitute one of the largest ancestry groups in Australia, and German is the fifth most identified European ancestry in Australia behind English, Irish, Scottish and Italian. German Australians are one of the largest groups within the global German diaspora.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the Department of Home Affairs". www.immi.gov.au. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2018.