Greek community of Melbourne

The Greek community of Melbourne is one of the largest Greek diaspora communities in the world and Melbourne is the city with the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Greece. According to the 2001 Australian census, Melbourne has the largest Greek Australian population in Australia (151,785 or around 47%),[1] and the largest Greek population of any city in the world outside of Greece. Economic bilateral relations between Australia and Greece are worth over A$140 million.[2]

Greek Australians during a parade for Australia Day in Melbourne (2014).

Melbourne is also a sister city to Thessaloniki,[3] Greeceā€™s second-largest city.

History

Greek immigration to the state of Victoria began in the 1850s with the gold rush.[4]

Demographics

Greece-born residents in Melbourne as of 2006 (one dot equals 100 such residents in a collection district).

According to the 2011 census, about 49,991 Greeks were born in Victoria, with the vast majority of them living in Melbourne.

Greek Cypriots

The 2011 census recorded 8,178 Cyprus-born people in Victoria, the majority of them being Greek Cypriots.

See also

References

  1. Lazzaro, Vince (11 February 2003). "Melbourne 2001 Census" (PDF). 2001 Australian Census. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1 (2030.2): 92. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  2. Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Bilateral relations between Greece and Australia". Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  3. City of Melbourne. "International relations - Thessaloniki". Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  4. Museum Victoria. "History of immigration from Greece". Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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