Which Australian state has the most Italians?

The 2016 distribution by State and Territory showed Victoria had the largest number with 70,527 followed by New South Wales (49,476), Western Australia (19,210) and South Australia (18,544).

  • Of the Italy-born in Australia, there were 88,870 males (51.1 per cent) and 85,174 females (48.9 per cent).

    • Where are the most Italians in Australia?

    Melbourne
    Almost a third of Italian-Australians live in Melbourne – this amounts to over 300,000 people – the largest Italian population in Oceania.

    What percentage of the Australian population is Italian?

    5%
    Italians still represent almost 5% of the Australian population, more than 10% of the total intake of overseas-born residents, and some scholars count them as almost 1,000,000 including second and third generation Italians with at least one Italian parent or grandparent respectively.

    How many times would Italy fit in Australia?

    Australia is about 26 times bigger than Italy. Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 2,469% larger than Italy.

    Which Australian city has the largest Italian population?

    The same could be said for the total Australian population of Italian ancestry, with 279,112 of the 916,121 (30.4%) listed as Melbourne residents, which is the highest Italian population in Australia and the Oceanic continent per city.

    Do Australians like Italians?

    Bringing Italy to Australia Mr Capriotti said Australians liked Italians because they were “happy people”. “Italians and the Spanish, they are very easy people,” Mr Capriotti said. “They love to enjoy themselves . . . a glass of wine . . .

    How big is Sicily compared to Tasmania?

    Sicily (Italy) is 0.40 times as big as Tasmania (Australia) Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 20 regions of Italy. It is one of the five Italian autonomous regions and is officially referred to as Regione Siciliana.

    What is the population of Italy and Australia?

    Meanwhile, the population of Australia is ~25.5 million people (36.9 million more people live in Italy). We have positioned the outline of Australia near the middle of Italy. This to-scale map shows a size comparison of Australia compared to Italy.

    What percentage of Melbourne is Italian?

    (30.4%)

    Where are most Italians in Melbourne?

    Popular regions for Melbourne’s Italian community

    • Banyule. The City of Banyule is located between 7 and 21 km north east of Melbourne.
    • Bayside.
    • Boroondara.
    • Brimbank.
    • Cardinia.
    • Casey.
    • Darebin.
    • Frankston.

    How many Italians are in Victoria?

    70,532
    The number of Italy-born Victorians peaked at 121,000 in 1971. Italian immigration then declined, but Italians are still the fifth-largest immigrant community in Victoria after the English community, with 70,532 Italy-born people recorded in the 2016 census.