According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 Census of Population and Housing the number stands at 16,093 people. The question that follows then is this an accurate number?
The answer depends on who you talk to. Some say yes this is about right while others will say it is closer to 25,000 or even 30,000 people.
Another interesting result from the 2006 Census is that 6,221 people said they were born in Slovenia. Again is this an accurate result? Perhaps a clue rests in the significant number of people who did not record their ancestry or place of birth in the 2006 Census.
The table below shows that 1,645,643 people did not adequately/not state their ancestry and 1,376,791 people did not adequately/not state their country of birth.
A considered point is to urge people to register their Slovenian ancestry and place of birth in the next Australian Census which will be in 2011. |
INADEQUATE DESCRIPTION / NOT STATED |
Ancestry of person |
Country of birth of person |
European, so described |
9,040 |
Inadequately |
10,481 |
Inadequately described |
27,169 |
Not stated |
1,366,310 |
Not stated |
1,609,434 |
|
|
Total |
1,645,643 |
Total |
1,376,791 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 Census of Population and Housing
Results from the 2006 Australian Census show that the States of Victoria (6,451), New South Wales (5,269), Queensland (1,514) and South Australia (1,261) have the most number of people with Slovenian heritage. These States are followed by Western Australia (812), Australian Capital Territory (517), Tasmania (207) and Northern Territory (62). (refer to table below). |
SLOVENIAN HERITAGE
IN AUSTRALIA |
| |
State |
No. |
Capital City |
No. |
% |
Regional |
% |
Victoria |
6451 |
Melbourne |
5176 |
80.2 |
1275 |
19.8 |
New South Wales |
5269 |
Sydney |
3841 |
72.9 |
1428 |
27.1 |
Queensland |
1514 |
Brisbane |
717 |
47.4 |
797 |
52.6 |
South Australia |
1261 |
Adelaide |
1049 |
83.2 |
212 |
16.8 |
Western Australia |
812 |
Perth |
672 |
82.8 |
140 |
17.2 |
Australian Capital Territory |
517 |
Canberra |
517 |
100 |
0 |
0.0 |
Tasmania |
207 |
Hobart |
115 |
55.6 |
92 |
44.4 |
Northern Territory |
62 |
Darwin |
39 |
62.9 |
23 |
37.1 |
Total |
16093 |
Total |
12126 |
75.3 |
3967 |
24.6 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 Census of Population and Housing |
The capital cities of
Melbourne (5,176),
Sydney (3,841) and
Adelaide (1,049)
have the most number of people of Slovenian heritage followed by
Brisbane (717),
Perth (672),
Canberra (517),
Hobart (115) and
Darwin (39).
Slovenians tend to live in capital cities, in relative percentage terms, rather than in regional areas although Victoria and News South Wales have a number of Slovenians, in absolute terms, living in regional areas such as Geelong, Albury/Wodonga, Wollongong and Newcastle.
In Queensland Slovenians live in that State’s capital of Brisbane but also in other areas such as the Gold Coast.
Tasmania has a significant percentage living outside that State’s capital of Hobart, although the absolute numbers are quite small.
Of the 16,093 persons of Slovenian heritage, 7,929 (49.3%) are male and 8,156 (50.7%) are female.
The percentage splits closely match that of the Australian population at large, with 49.4% males and 50.6% females.
The total population of Australia at the 2006 Census was 19,855,287 people. |
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