Australia · overseas Chinese reference

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Official reference (this country)

Ancestry includes Chinese (2021 Census; national ancestry detail mainly from census)

Reference estimate: ~1.4 million (2021)
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Year-by-year (same definition, up to 30-year window)

Up to 30 calendar years ending in 2021; 6 year(s) on file for this definition (1996–2021). Most countries only publish census years or recent annual tables—not every calendar year is comparable. Verify gaps via source links.

Ancestry includes Chinese (2021 Census; national ancestry detail mainly from census)

Data year	Reference value	Source
1996	~552k	Source
2001	~729k	Source
2006	~670k	Source
2011	~870k	Source
2016	~1.2 million	Source
2021	~690 thousand	Source

Trend (by data year)

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Ancestry includes Chinese (2021 Census; national ancestry detail mainly from census)

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