Australians in the United Kingdom

This article is about British people of Australian descent. For Australian people of British descent, see Anglo-Celtic Australians.

Australians in the United Kingdom
Total population
United Kingdom Australia-born residents in the United Kingdom: 124,813 – 0.2%
(2021/22 Census)[note 1]
 England: 109,963 – 0.2% (2021)[1]
 Scotland: 9,575 – 0.2% (2022)[2]
 Wales: 3,008 – 0.1% (2021)[1]
Northern Ireland: 2,267 – 0.1% (2021)[3]
126,316 (2011 Census)
Australian citizens/passports held:
51,168 (England and Wales only, 2021)[4]
Other estimates:
166,000 (2020 ONS estimate)
Regions with significant populations
Regions: London, South East England
Cities: London (Earl's Court, Kensington, Hammersmith, Fulham, Shepherd's Bush, Putney and Clapham)
Languages
Australian English, British English, Australian Aboriginal languages
Related ethnic groups
Australian diaspora and British Australians
  1. ^ Does not include Australians born in the United Kingdom or those with ancestry rooted in Australia
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Australians in the United Kingdom, or Australian Britons, include Australians who have become residents or citizens of the United Kingdom. The largest segment of Australia's diaspora of 1 million resides in the United Kingdom.[5]

The 2001 UK Census recorded 107,871 Australian-born people.[6] In that census, the highest concentration of Australians in the UK was recorded in south-west London, with sizeable communities in Earl's Court, Kensington, Hammersmith, Fulham, Shepherd's Bush and Putney.[7] In 2007, Bloomberg reported that there were approximately 200,000 Australians in London.[8] In 2008, The Times reported that there were 400,000 Australians in the United Kingdom.[9] The 2011 UK Census recorded 113,592 residents born in Australia in England, 2,695 in Wales,[10] 8,279 in Scotland,[11] and 1,750 in Northern Ireland.[12] Within England, the majority were resident in London (53,959) and the South East (20,242).[10] The Office for National Statistics estimates that 138,000 people born in Australia were resident in the UK in 2017.[13] The equivalent estimate in 2020 was 166,000.[14]

The late-2000s recession was reported to have resulted in an increased number of Australians moving from the UK. 2,700 Australians left each month in late 2008, compared to 1,750 a month in 2005.[15]

Australia-born residents by ethnic group (2021 census, England and Wales)[16]
  1. ^ a b "TS012: Country of birth (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Table UV204 - Country of birth: Country by Country of Birth by Individuals". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 24 May 2024. '2022' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Country of birth: UV204'
  3. ^ "MS-A17: Country of birth - intermediate detail". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. ^ "TS013: Passports held (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. ^ "King's College London, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies - Report for the Year 2005-6" (PDF). King's College London, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 11 May 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  7. ^ "Born abroad: Australia". BBC News. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  8. ^ Daley, Gemma (23 November 2007). "Australia's Voters Choose Between Howard, Rudd (Update1)". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 November 2013.[dead link‍]
  9. ^ "British paper pleads with Aussies not to go home". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  10. ^ a b "2011 Census: Quick Statistics for England and Wales on National Identity, Passports Held and Country of Birth". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original (XLS) on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Country of birth (detailed)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Country of Birth - Full Detail: QS206NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom, excluding some residents in communal establishments, by sex, by country of birth, January 2017 to December 2017". Office for National Statistics. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95% confidence intervals.
  14. ^ "Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom by country of birth and sex, January 2020 to December 2020". Office for National Statistics. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2022. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95% confidence intervals.
  15. ^ Hamilton, Fiona (25 November 2008). "London exodus as Australians return home for jobs and sun". The Times. Retrieved 5 October 2009.[dead link‍]
  16. ^ "Country of birth (extended) and ethnic group". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2023.