 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 198,989 (by ancestry, 2021)[1] (0.78% of the Australian population) 35,413 (by birth, 2021) | |
| Languages | |
| English · Maltese · Italian | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Maltese diaspora |
Maltese Australians are Australian citizens who are fully or partially of Maltese descent or Malta-born persons who reside in Australia. According to the 2021 Census, there were 198,989 people of Maltese descent in Australia and 35,413 Malta-born people residing in the country at the moment of the census.[2]
While most of them emigrated to Australia from Malta, a number emigrated from the United Kingdom where they had settled after having been expelled from Egypt, as holders of British passports, during the Suez Crisis.[3]
- ^ "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "People in Australia who were born in Malta". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2021.
- ^ Ivan Magri-Overend (2001). "Present Situation of Maltese of Egypt". maltamigration.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.