 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 145,430 born in Sri Lanka (2021)[1] 95,948 Australians of Sri Lankan Ancestry 58,166 Sinhalese Australians 6,775 Sri Lankan Tamil Australians Over 0.48% of the population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Victoria | 55,8351 |
 New South Wales | 28,7131 |
 Queensland | 9,7561 |
 Western Australia | 7,8001 |
 South Australia | 3,7851 |
 Australian Capital Territory | 2,7741 |
 Northern Territory | 4471 |
 Tasmania | 7751 |
| Languages | |
| English, Sinhala, Tamil | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism and Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sri Lankans | |
1 Populations based on Sri Lankan born population only, 2016 census.[2] | |
Sri Lankan Australians (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලාංකික ඕස්ට්රේලියානුවන්, Tamil: இலங்கை ஆஸ்திரேலியர்கள்) are people of Sri Lankan heritage living in Australia; this includes Sri Lankans by birth and by ancestry. Sri Lankan Australians constitute one of the largest groups of Overseas Sri Lankan communities and are the largest diasporic Sri Lankan community in Oceania. Sri Lankan Australians consist of people with Sinhalese, Tamil, Moor, Burgher, Malay and Chinese origins among others.[3]
- ^ "2021 People in Australia who were born in Sri Lanka, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
- ^ "Community Information Summary Sri Lanka-born" (PDF). Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
- ^ "People of Sri Lanka" (PDF). The Ministry of National Coexistence, Dialogue and Official Languages. March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.