What is Chinese Australians?
[[File:Chinatownsyd.jpg|250px|right|thumb|[[Chinatown, Sydney]].]] '''Chinese Australians''' ({{lang-zh|澳大利亚华人|Huáyì àodàlìyà rén}}, {{lang-yue|澳洲華人}}) are [[Chinese people]] living in [[Australia]]. They mainly speak [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]], [[Australian English|English]], [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] and [[Hokkien]]. Most Chinese Australians were born in Australia or [[China]] (including [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]]), but many were born in [[Singapore]], [[Taiwan]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]] and the [[Philippines]]. Australia has more Chinese people than any non-[[Asia]]n country [[per capita]], the largest population in [[Oceania]] and one of the largest in the world, with over 1.2 million Australians claiming Chinese ancestry in 2016 (5.6% of all [[Australians]]).<ref>https://disruptiveasia.asiasociety.org/trusting-chinese-australians-as-partners-in-managing-a-rising-superpower</ref> They are the largest single non-[[Anglo-Celtic Australians|Anglo-Celtic]] ethnic group in Australia. While most cities and large towns have Chinese Australian communities, cities with the largest numbers of Chinese people include [[Sydney]], [[Melbourne]], [[Brisbane]], [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Adelaide]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[Canberra]] and the [[Gold Coast]]. Chinese people are also the main ethnic group on [[Christmas Island]]. ==Related pages== *[[Chinese New Zealanders]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Ancestry of Australians}} {{Overseas Chinese}} {{stub}} [[Category:Overseas Chinese|Australia]] [[Category:Australian people]]