| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 138,463 (2021, by ancestry) 122,506 (2021, by country of birth)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sydney · Melbourne | |
| Languages | |
| English(common medium) · Maithili(2nd largest){{.}}Nepali(Largest speakers) | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Hinduism · Buddhism · Kirant Mundhum · Christian minorities. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Non Resident Nepali |
Nepalese Australians (Nepali: नेपाली अष्ट्रेलियन) are Australias whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in any part of Nepal. People from Nepal started to settle in Australia from the 1960s,[2] but the vast majority of Nepali Australians arrived after 2006.[3]
Australian residents of Nepali origin have significantly increased in recent years: in the 2021 census, 138,463 people reported Nepali ancestry, 0.54% of the total population. Just five years before, in the 2016 census, there were only 62,806 people with Nepali ancestry. This follows after the population of this community quardrupled in the 5 years to 2011, and doubled again in the 5 years in 2016.[4][3]