Bangladeshi Australians

Bangladeshi Australians
অস্ট্রেলীয় বাংলাদেশী
Total population
51,491 (Bangladeshi Born) [1] (2021)
Regions with significant populations
New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia
Languages
Australian English · Bangladeshi English · Bengali
Religion
84.1% Muslim
7.1% Hinduism
5.2% No religion^
1.5% Catholic[2]
Related ethnic groups
Asian Australians · Bangladeshi diaspora
^ Includes not answer (3.4%) and not stated (1.8%)
Boishakhi Mela, the largest gathering of Bangladeshis, at the Sydney Olympic Park in Australia.

Bangladeshi Australians (Bengali: অস্ট্রেলীয় বাংলাদেশী) refers to Australian citizens or residents who have full or partial Bangladeshi heritage or people who emigrated from Bangladesh and reside in Australia.[3] There are around 51,491 people born in Bangladesh living in Australia, according to the census in 2021. Additionally, there is a significant number of Bangladeshi descent Australians (born in Australia), but their numbers are uncertain. The largest Bangladeshi communities are mainly present in the states of New South Wales and Victoria, with large concentrations in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne.

History

Bangladeshis are relatively new migrants to Australia. After the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, migration has steadily increased with the majority arriving under the Skilled Migration Program. Most Bangladesh-born have settled in the urban areas of New South Wales while smaller numbers settled in other states and territories.

In the late 1990s, 2000s and early 2010s many Bangladeshis moved to less expensive suburbs in Sydney and Melbourne, namely Lakemba, Rockdale, and Eastlakes. More recently, there has been a shift to affordable suburbs farther from CBDs with larger houses, such as Macquarie Fields, Tarneit, Minto and Ingleburn.

Demography

The latest census in 2021 recorded 51,491 Bangladesh-born people in Australia, an increase from the 2016 census which recorded 41,233. A total of 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female, while 67% overall were Australian citizens. A total of 68.4% of Bangladeshi-Australians aged 15 or above had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, higher than the national average of 26.3%. A total of 84.2% recorded Islam as their religious affiliation, while 7.1% recorded Hinduism. The median household income was $1,940, higher than the national median of $1,746.

Notable people

  • Tanveer Ahmed – Journalist, television personality and psychiatrist, columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald.
  • Ishraq Huda – Champion at the International Olympiad in Informatics 2014, held in Taiwan.[4]
  • Bina D'Costa, academic who specializes in conflict and gender studies in South Asia.
  • Dr. M Iqbal Bin Shahid, Online activist, mathematics researcher and teacher.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2021 People in Australia who were born in Bangladesh, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
  2. ^ "2021 People in Australia who were born in Bangladesh, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics".
  3. ^ "Bangladesh Community Information Summary – The Bangladesh-born Community" (PDF). Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2006.
  4. ^ Lawrence Machado (28 July 2014). "Stanhope Gardens whiz kid Ishraq Huda first Australian to get perfect score at International Olympiad in Informatics". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2016.