African Australians

African Australians
Total population
	326,673 (2021 census); 1.3% of Australia's population
New South Wales
New South Wales	75,942
Queensland	64,112
Western Australia	66,744
Northern Territory	2,660
Victoria	90,640
South Australia	17,607
Tasmania	3,434
Australian Capital Territory	5,504
Languages
	Australian English; African languages;
Religion
	Christianity; Islam; traditional African religions;

African Australians are Australians descended from the any peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa, including naturalised Australians who are immigrants from various regions in Sub-Saharan Africa and descendants of such immigrants. At the 2021 census, the number of ancestry responses categorised within Sub-Saharan African ancestral groups as a proportion of the total population amounted to 1.3%.

Large-scale immigration from Africa to Australia is only a recent phenomenon, with Europe and Asia traditionally being the largest sources of migration to Australia. African Australians come from diverse ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious, educational and employment backgrounds.

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