Total population | |
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980 (Icelandic ancestry; 2011 census) |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Sydney and Melbourne | |
Languages | |
Australian English, Icelandic | |
Religion | |
Lutheran, Roman Catholic | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Icelanders, Færoese, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes |
Icelandic Australians are Australian citizens of Icelandic ancestry, or a person born in Iceland who resides in Australia. There were 980 residents of Australia who reported Icelandic ancestry in the 2011 census. They form the smallest part of the wider Scandinavian Australian group usually included in the census.