Percentage
|
Population
|
Ancestry
|
25.3%
|
1,220,000
|
English
|
23.5%
|
1,130,000
|
Australian
|
10.1%
|
490,000
|
Chinese
|
8.6%
|
420,000
|
Irish
|
6.4%
|
310,000
|
Scottish
|
4.2%
|
200,000
|
Italian
|
4%
|
190,000
|
Indian
|
3.3%
|
160,000
|
Lebanese
|
2.5%
|
120,000
|
German
|
2.4%
|
120,000
|
Greek
|
2.2%
|
105,000
|
Vietnamese
|
2.1%
|
100,000
|
Filipino
|
1.5%
|
80,000
|
Indigenous
|
1.3%
|
60,000
|
Korean
|
1.2%
|
60,000
|
Maltese
|
0.9%
|
45,000
|
Dutch
|
0.8%
|
40,000
|
Spanish
|
0.8%
|
40,000
|
New Zealander
|
0.8%
|
40,000
|
Polish
|
0.8%
|
40,000
|
Croatian
|
0.7%
|
35,000
|
Nepalese
|
0.7%
|
30,000
|
French
|
0.6%
|
30,000
|
Assyrian
|
0.6%
|
30,000
|
Serbian
|
0.6%
|
30,000
|
Bengali
|
|
Percentage
|
Population
|
Ancestry
|
0.6%
|
30,000
|
Sinhalese
|
0.6%
|
30,000
|
South African
|
0.5%
|
26,500
|
Russian
|
0.5%
|
26,000
|
Macedonian
|
0.5%
|
25,500
|
Pakistani
|
0.5%
|
25,000
|
Thai
|
0.5%
|
25,000
|
Turkish
|
0.5%
|
25,000
|
Samoan
|
0.5%
|
25,000
|
Egyptian
|
0.5%
|
24,500
|
Fijian
|
0.5%
|
24,000
|
Maori
|
0.5%
|
24,000
|
Indonesian
|
0.5%
|
24,000
|
Welsh
|
0.5%
|
23,500
|
Persian
|
0.5%
|
23,000
|
Iraqi
|
0.5%
|
22,000
|
Portuguese
|
0.4%
|
19,000
|
Japanese
|
0.4%
|
19,000
|
Hungarian
|
0.3%
|
16,000
|
Tongan
|
0.3%
|
15,000
|
American
|
0.3%
|
15,000
|
Khmer
|
0.3%
|
14,500
|
Chilean
|
0.3%
|
14,500
|
Afghan
|
0.3%
|
12,500
|
Armenian
|
0.2%
|
11,000
|
Tamil
|
|