Asian Australians

Asian Australians
Total population
	Approximately 17.4% of the population (2021 census) Chinese Australians: 1,390,637; Indian Australians: 783,958; Filipino Australians: 408,836; Vietnamese Australians: 334,781; Nepalese Australians: 138,463; Korean Australians: 136,896; Pakistani Australians: 97,593; Sri Lankan Australians: 95,946; Thai Australians: 91,942; Indonesian Australians: 85,978; Japanese Australians: 78,049; Malaysian Australians: 61,308; Cambodian Australians: 57,096; Afghan Australians: 54,534;
Regions with significant populations
	Capital cities of Australia:; Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin and Canberra; Australian towns and regions:; Notably Broome and the Torres Strait Islands External territories of Australia:; Christmas Island and Cocos Islands (More than 90 percent of the total populations of the two territories); ;
Languages
	Australian English · Asian languages
Religion
	Buddhism · Christianity · Hinduism · Sikhism · Islam · East Asian religions · Indian religions · other religions

Asian Australians are Australians of Asian ancestry, including naturalised Australians who are immigrants from various regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants. At the 2021 census, the proportion of the population identifying as Asian amounted to approximately 17.4 percent with breakdowns of 6.5 percent from Southern and Central Asia, 6.4 percent from North-East Asia, and 4.5 percent from South-East Asia.

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