Brazilian Australians: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
m Disambiguating links to Spiritism (link changed to Kardecist spiritism) using DisamAssist.
 
(26 intermediate revisions by 16 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{Short description|Ethnic group in Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
Line 4 ⟶ 5:
| group = Brazilian Australians<br>''{{small|Brasileiro-australiano}}''
| population = '''Brazilian'''<br/>
'''56,610''' (Brazilian Consulate)<ref>{{cite web |language=pt |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/assuntos/portal-consular/arquivos/ComunidadeBrasileira2020.pdf |title=Comunidade Brasileira no Exterior: Estimativas Refeferentes ao ano de 2020 |date=2020 |accessdateaccess-date=2022-03-26 |website=gov.br |trans-title=Brazilian Community Abroad: Estimates for the year 2020 |page=12}}</ref>
'''1446,509720''' (by birth, <small>[[20112021 Australian Census|20112021 Census]]</small>)<ref name="Brazilian Australians">{{cite web|url=http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/comm-summ/textversion/brazil.htm|title=The Brazil-born Community|work=Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection|date=7 November 2013|access-date=14 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118204449/http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/comm-summ/textversion/brazil.htm|archive-date=18 November 2013}}</ref><br/>'''1224,234377''' (by ancestry, <small>[[20112021 Australian Census|20112021 Census]]</small>)<ref name="Brazilian Australians"/>
| popplace =
| region1 = {{flag|New South Wales}}
| pop1 = 618,503373
| ref1 =
| region2 = {{flag|Queensland}}
| pop2 = 35,418626
| ref2 =
| region3 = {{flag|Victoria}}
| pop3 = 25,013427
| ref3 =
| region4 = {{flag|Western Australia}}
| pop4 = 14,748293
| ref4 =
| langs = [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[English language|English]], [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Indigenous Brazilian languages]], other European languages ([[German language|German]], [[Venetian language|Venetian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], etc.) and Asian languages ([[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Arabic]], etc.)
| rels = [[Christianity]] ([[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]], mainly nominal numbers, and some [[Protestantism]], mostly [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] and [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]]), but also a minority of [[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritism]] and [[Religion in Brazil|others]]
| related = [[Brazilian people]], [[Hispanic and Latin American Australians]], [[Portuguese Australians]], [[Brazilian British]], [[Brazilian Canadians]], [[Brazilian Americans]]
}}
'''Brazilian Australians''' ({{lang-pt|Brasileiro-Australiano}}) refers to [[Australia]]n citizens of Brazilian birth or descent.
 
According to the 2021 Census, [[Zetland46,720 New South Wales]] had the highest number of Brazilians livingpeople in Sydney. Over 2% of residents in ZetlandAustralian were born in [[Brazil,]] whichwhile is24,377 higherclaimed than the beachside suburbs ofBrazilian [[Bondi BeachAncestor|ancestry]], Tamarama, Bronte, and Manly. Over 2% of the residents in Zetland speak Portuguese, and approximately 5% of the residents in Zetland speak Portuguese and Spanish. This is higher than the suburb of Petersham, which was previously known as the suburb with the highest percentage of Portuguese speakers.<ref>[https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/1170316488203_AUS]. 2021 Census. Retrieved 1026 AugustJanuary 20222023.</ref>
 
According to the Brazilian consulate, almost 60,000 Brazilians are living in Australia as of 2020 (making around 0.25% of the country's population).{{cn|date=August 2023}}
According to the 2011 Census, 14,509 Australians were born in [[Brazil]] while 12,234 claimed Brazilian ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.<ref name="Brazilian Australians">{{cite web|url=http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/comm-summ/textversion/brazil.htm|title=The Brazil-born Community|work=Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection|date=7 November 2013|access-date=14 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118204449/http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/comm-summ/textversion/brazil.htm|archive-date=18 November 2013}}</ref> There was a significant increase of 93.6 per cent from the 2006 Census which had recorded 6,647 Brazil-born people<ref name="ABS Country of Birth">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=POLTD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Person%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Birthplace&|title=20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format=Microsoft Excel download|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|work=2006 Census|access-date=2 June 2008}}{{dead link|date=March 2016}}{{cbignore}} Total count of persons: 19,855,288.</ref> while 7,491 had claimed Brazilian ancestry.<ref name="ABS Ancestry">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?breadcrumb=POLTD&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&subaction=-1&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&documentproductno=0&textversion=false&documenttype=Details&collection=Census&javascript=true&topic=Ancestry&action=404&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&order=1&period=2006&tabname=Details&areacode=0&navmapdisplayed=true&|title=20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format=Microsoft Excel download|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|work=2006 Census|access-date=2 June 2008}}{{dead link|date=March 2016}}{{cbignore}} Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.</ref>
 
According to the Brazilian consulate almost 60,000 Brazilians are living in Australia as of 2020 (making around 0.25% of the country's population).
 
==Brazilian immigration==
Line 35 ⟶ 34:
 
===Two waves of immigration===
The first Brazilian migrants began arriving in Australia in the mid-1970s. They were attracted to [[Australia]] by an Australian government assistance scheme. The second wave of migration began in the late 1990s and continues today. It is widely attributed to growing [[Socioeconomics|socio-economic]] power within Brazil since the 1980s and Brazilian'sBrazilians’ strong desire to learn English. Australia is becoming an appealing destination to learn English after the [[United States]] and [[England]].
 
There has also been an influx of Brazilian students who have come to attend Australian universities. These students come independent of their families on study visas, and usually go home after completion of their studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cts.hss.uts.edu.au/students06/Group3finalcut/A%20Brief%20History.html|title=A Brief History of Brazilian Immigration to Sydney|work=cts.hss.uts.edu.au|date=13 November 2006|access-date=16 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912073236/http://cts.hss.uts.edu.au/students06/Group3finalcut/A%20Brief%20History.html|archive-date=12 September 2009}}</ref> Brazilians have become the largest source of international student enrollments in Australia outside of Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/02/14/arriba-why-are-we-a-trendy-destination-for-latin-american-students/|title=Arriba! Why are we a trendy destination for Latin American students?|work=Crikey|date=14 February 2014|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref>
 
There has also been an influx of Brazilian students who have come to attend Australian universities. These students come independent of their families on study visas, and usually go home after completion of their studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cts.hss.uts.edu.au/students06/Group3finalcut/A%20Brief%20History.html|title=A Brief History of Brazilian Immigration to Sydney|work=cts.hss.uts.edu.au|date=13 November 2006|access-date=16 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912073236/http://cts.hss.uts.edu.au/students06/Group3finalcut/A%20Brief%20History.html|archive-date=12 September 2009}}</ref> Brazilians have become the largest source of international student enrollments in Australia outside of Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/02/14/arriba-why-are-we-a-trendy-destination-for-latin-american-students/|title=Arriba! Why are we a trendy destination for Latin American students?|work=Crikey|date=14 February 2014|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> {{Verify source|date=April 2023}}
==Demographics and Statistics==
According to the 2001 Census conducted by the Australian Board of Statistics, there were almost 5,000 people living in Australia who identified as being of Brazilian origin. This was a 39% increase from 1996.
 
==Demographics and Statisticsstatistics==
[[Sydney]] is home to the highest proportion of Brazilian-born immigrants (2,490). [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] comes second (780), with [[Queensland]] (670) and [[Western Australia]] (380) ranking third and fourth.
According to the 20012021 Census conducted by the Australian Board of Statistics, there were almostapproximately 551,000 people living in Australia who identified as being of Brazilian origin. This was a 39+200% increasegrowth from 19962011.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
 
Brazil is a country home to various ethnic groups, but the largest ancestries reported in the 20112021 census aside from the general 'Brazilian' response were Italian and Portuguese.<ref name="Brazilian Australians"/>
 
==Notable Brazilian Australians==
{{Unsourced|section|date=August 2023}}
*[[Agenor Muniz (Australian footballer)|Agenor Muniz]]
*[[Aseem Pereira]]
Line 59 ⟶ 57:
*[[Heritier Lumumba]] – former [[Australian Rules Football|Aussie Rules footballer]] for [[Collingwood FC]]
*[[Mineiro (footballer, born 1975)|Mineiro]] – former 24 time [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] international
*[[Bernardo Oliveira (soccer)|Bernardo Oliveira]] – footballer for [[Adelaide United]]
*[[Wilson da Silva]]
 
Line 84 ⟶ 82:
[[Category:Australian people of Brazilian descent|*]]
[[Category:Brazilian diaspora by country|Australia]]
[[Category:LatinSouth American Australiandiaspora in Australia|Brazil]]
[[Category:Australia–Brazil relations]]