Hong Kong Australians should not be confused with Australians in Hong Kong.
| Group: | Hong Kong Australians |
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| Population: | 100,148 (by birth, 2021 census)[1] (excluding descendants who were born in Australia, and first-generation immigrants who were born elsewhere) |
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| Langs: | Cantonese, English, |
| Rels: | Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian or Non-religious; Roman Catholic, Protestant, etc. |
Hong Kong Australians are Australian citizens or permanent residents of Hong Kong descent. Many Hong Kong Australians hold dual citizenship of Australia and China.[2]
The predominant language among Hongkongers is Cantonese, a variety of Chinese originating in Guangdong. It is spoken by 93.7% of the population Slightly over half the population (58.7%) speaks English, the other official language; 4.6% are native speakers, and 54.1% speak English as a second language.[3] Code-switching, mixing English and Cantonese in informal conversation, is common among the bilingual population.[4] Post-handover governments have promoted Mandarin, which is currently about as prevalent as English; 54.2% of the population speak Mandarin, with 2.3% native speakers and 51.9% as a second language.
Hong Kong permanent residents can come from a variety of ethnicities. The overwhelming majority (91.6%) is Han Chinese, most of whom are Taishanese, Teochew, Hakka, and other Cantonese peoples.[5]
According to the 2021 Australian census, 100,148 Australians were born in Hong Kong;[1] a figure that would exclude first-generation immigrants from Hong Kong who were born elsewhere (mainly Guangdong Province in Mainland China), as well as descendants of immigrants who were born in Australia. The corresponding figure on ancestry was not collected.[6]
Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.
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