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Kurdish Australians

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History
Census results
Distribution
References

{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Kurdish Australians
|population = 10,528 (2016)^[1]
|langs = Kurdish, Australian English, (some knowledge of Turkish, Arabic and Persian)
|rels = Majority Sunni Islam
|related = Kurdish Americans, Kurdish British
}}

Kurdish Australians refers to Australians of Kurdish origin or descent. Approximately 10,000 people in the Australia claim to be of Kurdish ancestry according to 2016 Census by Australian Bureau of Statistics. Nearly 6,200 people in Australia claim to be speaking Kurdish at home in the same Census data.

History

In Australia, Kurdish migrants first arrived in the second half of the 1960s, mainly from Turkey.^[2] In the late 1970s families from Syria and Lebanon were also present in Australia.^[2] Since the second half of the 1980s, the majority of Kurds arriving in Australia have been from Iraq and Iran; many of them were accepted under the Humanitarian Programme.^[2] However, Kurds from Lebanon, Armenia and Georgia have also migrated to Australia.

Census results

Kurdish ancestry:^[1]

State or territory	2001	2006	2011	2016
New South Wales}}	2,331	2,680	3,139	4,269
Victoria}}	1,212	1,423	1,916	3,269
Western Australia}}	341	419	668	958
South Australia}}	328	571	722	946
Queensland}}	226	302	442	921
Australian Capital Territory}}	36	43	60	89
Tasmania}}	10	22	15	37
Northern Territory}}	7	6	13	21
Australia}}	4,491	5,466	6,975	10,528
Kurdish speakers
Australia}}	2,839	3,597	4,590	6,202

Distribution

The majority live in Sydney and Melbourne.^[2] In Sydney, they are mainly found in the suburbs of Auburn, Lakemba, Lidcombe, Bankstown, Punchbowl and the surrounds, which are suburbs in the LGA areas of Cumberland Council and Canterbury-Bankstown Council.

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion among Kurdish Speakers (2016)^[3]
|label1 = Islam
|value1 = 61.1
|color1 = MediumSeaGreen
|label2 = No Religion
|value2 = 31.5
|color2 = DarkOrchid
|label3 = Other
|value3 = 7.4
}}

References

1. ^¹{{cite web |title=Australia : © Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://kurdstat.com/australia |publisher=Kurdstat.com |accessdate=18 December 2018}}
2. ^¹²³{{Harvnb|Jupp|2001|loc=550}}.
3. ^{{cite web|title=Census Explorer|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/census-explorer|website=Statistics of Australia|accessdate=7 September 2017}}

2 : Kurdish diaspora|Australian people of Kurdish descent

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