Salvadoran Australians
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| Total population | |
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| (Salvadoran 9,651 (by birth, 2011 Census)[1] 7,484 (by ancestry, 2011 Census)[1]) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Salvadoran Spanish, English | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mostly Catholic) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Latin American Australians, Spanish Australians, White Hispanics, Mestizos |
Salvadoran Australians (Spanish: Salvadoreño-australiano) refers to Australians of Salvadoran descent. Salvadoran immigration to Australia was caused principally by economic and political problems; the largest immigration process occurred when people left El Salvador as refugees during the Salvadoran Civil War in the 1980s. The first wave of Salvadoran immigrants were former political prisoners whose immigration was facilitated by the Special Humanitarian Program in 1983. After this first group, which consisted of 75 people, another 10,000 Salvadorans arrived in Australia by 1986. Subsequent groups came—not from El Salvador—but from lesser-developed countries like Mexico and Costa Rica that housed Salvadoran refugees.[2] Most Salvadoran-born Australians came prior to 2001; little migration from El Salvador to Australia existed after the civil war.[3] The majority of Salvadorians that live in Australia are of white and mestizo ancestry. The majority of Salvadorans in Australia reside in Melbourne,[4](32%), followed by Brisbane, (21%), and Sydney, (18%).[5]
Census data records showed 25% of Salvadoran Australians work in managerial or professional roles. A further 23% work in production, transport and trades; 20% are labourers. Many migrants from El Salvador are skilled workers, but their lack of fluent English forced them to take unskilled jobs. Over 92% still speak Spanish at home, and the majority are Catholic. Evangelical born-again Christians of Salvadoran descent exist in increasing numbers.[6]
Recent estimates put the Salvadorian population as high as 18,755.[7]
Race and ethnicity
Much of the Salvadoran population that came to Australia consist of mixed European, Native American ancestry. The mixed ancestry of the Salvadorans varies largely between European , Native American, and West African ancestry. The black population is nearly nonexistent; the majority of the population is either mestizo or white. The Indigenous Salvadorans only form one percent of the population and are mostly of Pipil and Lenca ancestries; some are Mayan.
Many of the biracial, mixed, and White Caucasian Salvadorans (and other Central Americans) have an ancestry from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany, France, Ireland, Poland, Jews and other European countries that arrived in all parts of El Salvador during World War Two as refugees with the help of José Castellanos Contreras.
See also
References
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- ↑ - From El Salvador to Australia
- ↑ ABS Census - ethnicity
- ↑ History of immigration from El Salvador
- ↑ El Salvador en el Mundo (Spanish)
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