Macedonians in the Australian Census 2011

[AMHRC]

2011 AUSTRALIAN CENSUS DATA: MACEDONIANS Step Closer to 100,000 in AUSTRALIA

In the six months prior to the 2011 Australian census held on Tuesday 9 August 2011, the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) prepared instructional leaflets in both English and Macedonian, for the benefit of the Macedonian community. The material related to the questions on ancestry, language, country of birth and religion.

Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) made a first data release in relation to the 2011 Census and the following statistical data is of particular relevance to the Macedonian community:

• Ancestry

The data on the question of ancestry showed that there are 93,570 persons of Macedonian ancestry in Australia (compared to 83,978 at the 2006 census).

• Language spoken at home

The data on the question of language spoken at home showed that at the 2011 census there are a total of 68,849 persons in Australia who spoke the Macedonian language at home (compared to 67,833 the 2006 census).

• Country of Birth

The data on the question of country of birth showed that at the 2011 census there were a total of 40,222 persons born in the Republic of Macedonia (compared to 40,656 at the 2006 census).

The AMHRC has requested more detailed data from the ABS on the number of persons born in Greece who declared their ancestry to be Macedonian (the 2006 census recorded 2,856 persons).

The Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee would like to thank the many thousands of Macedonians who participated in the census and a special thanks to all those in our community who contributed to this successful campaign by making the leaflets widely available.

We look forward to continuing our cooperation with the Macedonian community at the next census in 2016!

[chentovist]

Originally Posted by AMHRC

2011 AUSTRALIAN CENSUS DATA: MACEDONIANS Step Closer to 100,000 in AUSTRALIA

In the six months prior to the 2011 Australian census held on Tuesday 9 August 2011, the Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) prepared instructional leaflets in both English and Macedonian, for the benefit of the Macedonian community. The material related to the questions on ancestry, language, country of birth and religion.

Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) made a first data release in relation to the 2011 Census and the following statistical data is of particular relevance to the Macedonian community:

• Ancestry

The data on the question of ancestry showed that there are 93,570 persons of Macedonian ancestry in Australia (compared to 83,978 at the 2006 census).

• Language spoken at home

The data on the question of language spoken at home showed that at the 2011 census there are a total of 68,849 persons in Australia who spoke the Macedonian language at home (compared to 67,833 the 2006 census).

• Country of Birth

The data on the question of country of birth showed that at the 2011 census there were a total of 40,222 persons born in the Republic of Macedonia (compared to 40,656 at the 2006 census).

The AMHRC has requested more detailed data from the ABS on the number of persons born in Greece who declared their ancestry to be Macedonian (the 2006 census recorded 2,856 persons).

The Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee would like to thank the many thousands of Macedonians who participated in the census and a special thanks to all those in our community who contributed to this successful campaign by making the leaflets widely available.

We look forward to continuing our cooperation with the Macedonian community at the next census in 2016!

Wow, that's 10,000 more Macedonians in just 5 years! Great information campaign. There are more of us than 100,000 so let's keep the campaign alive for the next census.

PS. are there any numbers on the other Balkan nations, for comparison?

[Coolski]

This shows how important it is to promote the correct completion of this census. These two figures alone are enough to say that there are many more Macedonians than originally thought.

[AMHRC]

Originally Posted by chentovist

Wow, that's 10,000 more Macedonians in just 5 years! Great information campaign. There are more of us than 100,000 so let's keep the campaign alive for the next census.

PS. are there any numbers on the other Balkan nations, for comparison?

Thanks chentovist. For basic comparisons, you can look up the numbers on this SBS site: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/census/

[George S.]

i reckon there are many more macedonians,they just don't declare it.Especially from the aegean area who declare themselves greek.Or those who are macedonians but are married to greeks.etc so much variations in the population but with information being more relevantly placed in front of them perhaps more will be discovered.

[Risto the Great]

An interesting collection of statistics. I do wonder how many actual Macedonian immigrants have entered Australia since the last census. Also interested to know what happened with the Greek statistics during the same time (it appears there are 4 times as many Greek speakers as compared to Macedonian speakers, the number of Greek speakers has decreased by 8%). Also worth knowing whether the numbers have changed within electorates.

Overall though, further confirmation that Macedonians should not be ignored in Australia.

Notable that Punjabi (300%) & Mandarin (45%) speakers seem to have the highest growth rate from the last census.