Kurdish Australians

Kurdish Australians refers to Australians of Kurdish origin or descent. Approximately 10,000 people in Australia claim to be of Kurdish ancestry according to the 2016 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Nearly 6,200 people in Australia claim to be speaking Kurdish at home in the same Census data.

Kurdish Australians
Total population
10,528 (2016)[1]
Languages
Kurdish, Australian English, (some knowledge of Turkish, Arabic and Persian)
Religion
Majority Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Kurdish Americans, Kurdish British
 
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History

In Australia, Kurdish migrants first arrived in the second half of the 1960s, mainly from Turkey.[2] In the late 1970s, families from Syria and Lebanon were also present in Australia.[2] Since the second half of the 1980s, the majority of Kurds arriving in Australia have been from Iraq and Iran; many of them were accepted under the Humanitarian Programme.[2] However, Kurds from Lebanon, Armenia and Georgia have also migrated to Australia.

Census results

Kurdish ancestry:[1]

State or territory2001200620112016
 New South Wales2,3312,6803,1394,269
 Victoria1,2121,4231,9163,269
 Western Australia341419668958
 South Australia328571722946
 Queensland226302442921
 Australian Capital Territory36436089
 Tasmania10221537
 Northern Territory761321
 Australia4,4915,4666,97510,528
Kurdish speakers
 Australia2,8393,5974,5906,202

Distribution

The majority live in Sydney and Melbourne.[2] In Sydney, they are mainly found in the suburbs of Auburn, Lakemba, Lidcombe, Bankstown, Punchbowl and the surrounds, which are suburbs in the LGA areas of Cumberland Council and City of Canterbury-Bankstown.

Religion among Kurdish Speakers (2016)[3]

  Islam (61.1%)
  No Religion (31.5%)
  Other (7.4%)

References
  1. "Australia : © Australian Bureau of Statistics". Kurdstat.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. Jupp 2001, 550.
  3. "Census Explorer". Statistics of Australia. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
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