Lebanese Australian
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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(203,139 (Lebanese Ancestry) 76,451 (Lebanese Born)) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sydney (72%of Lebanese-born Australian residents), Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth | |
| Languages | |
| Australian English, Lebanese Arabic, Standard Arabic, French, Armenian | |
| Religion | |
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Majority: Christian: Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Orthodox, Armenian Catholic (55%) Minority: Islam: Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, Alawite (37%),Jewish and Druze (8%) |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Lebanese British, Lebanese Americans, Lebanese Canadians |
(203,139 (Lebanese Ancestry)
Majority: Christian: Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Orthodox, Armenian Catholic (55%)
Lebanese Australians refers to citizens or permanent residents of Australia of Lebanese ancestry. The community is diverse, having a large Christian religious base, being mostly Maronite Catholics and Greek Orthodox, while also having a large Muslim group of both the Shia and Sunni branches of Islam.
Lebanon, in both its modern-day form as the Lebanese state (declared in 1920, granted independence in 1943) and its historical form as the region of the Lebanon, has been a source of migrants to Australia for over two centuries. Some 203,139 Australians claim Lebanese ancestry, either alone or in combination with another ancestry. According to 2011 Estimates 76,459 Lebanese-born people in Australia, with 72% of all people with Lebanese ancestry living in Sydney,
In New South Wales, the Western Sydney suburbs of Bankstown, Lakemba, Auburn, Granville, Strathfield, Parramatta, Punchbowl and Redfern (From 1840s to 1960s), Marrickville (From 1870s to 1950s) and Surry Hills (From 1840s to 1940s) are largely associated with the Lebanese population, as in Victoria are the Northern Melbourne suburbs of Coburg, Brunswick, Fawkner and Altona.
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