Sri Lankan Australians

Sri Lankan Australians
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
 Victoria55,8351
 New South Wales28,7131
 Queensland9,7561
 Western Australia7,8001
 South Australia3,7851
 Australian Capital Territory2,7741
 Northern Territory4471
 Tasmania7751
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]

  1. ^ "2021 People in Australia who were born in Sri Lanka, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
  2. ^ "Community Information Summary Sri Lanka-born" (PDF). Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
  3. ^ "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.