香港裔澳洲人 (Chinese) | |
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| Total population | |
| 100,148 (by birth, 2021 census)[1] (excluding descendants who were born in Australia, and first-generation immigrants who were born elsewhere) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 New South Wales Victoria Queensland | |
| Languages | |
| Cantonese,English,Standard Mandarin | |
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| Buddhist,Taoist,Confucian orNon-religious;Roman Catholic,Protestant, etc. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hongkongers,Chinese Australians |
Hong Kong Australians areAustralian citizens or permanent residents ofHong Kong descent. Many Hong Kong Australians holddual citizenship of Australia and China.[2]
The predominant language among Hongkongers isCantonese, avariety of Chinese originating in Guangdong. It is spoken by 93.7% of the population Slightly over half the population (58.7%) speaksEnglish, 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 promotedMandarin, 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.[3]
Hong Kong permanent residents can come from a variety of ethnicities. The overwhelming majority (91.6%) isHan Chinese, most of whom areTaishanese,Teochew,Hakka, and otherCantonese peoples.[3][5]
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According to the 2021 Australian census, 100,148 Australians were born inHong Kong;[1] a figure that would exclude first-generation immigrants from Hong Kong who were born elsewhere (mainlyGuangdong), as well as descendants of immigrants who were born in Australia. The corresponding figure on ancestry was not collected.[6]
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