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Hazara Australians

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Australian Hazaras
هزاره‌های استرالیا
Total population
41,766 (2021)[1] (0.16% of the Australian population)
Languages
Persian (Hazaragi and Dari)
Australian English
Related ethnic groups
Hazara diaspora

Hazara Australians or Australian Hazaras (Dari: هزاره‌های استرالیا) are Australians who have Hazara ancestry.[2] The Hazaras are an ethnic group native to, and primarily residing in, the mountainous region of Hazarajat in central Afghanistan. Many Hazara Australians have also migrated from Pakistan.[3] The Hazara Council of Australia is an organization formed by the Hazara community of Australia.[4] Hazaras constitute one of the largest ethnic groups of asylum seekers in Australia.[5]

According to the 2021 Australian census, of the 59,797 Afghan-born Australians, 44.3% recorded their ancestry as Hazara, making Hazaras the second ethnic group amongst Australians born in Afghanistan.[6] Including individuals born in Australia, the Hazara Australian population numbers 41,758 as of 2021.[7]

History

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Before 1980, relatively few Hazaras came to Australia for educational purposes. During the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War and the 1990s civil war, over 5,000 Hazaras arrived in Australia. The Hazara Australian community has produced a sizable number of individuals notable in many fields, including law, medicine, engineering, teaching and business.[8]

Location

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Geographic distribution of the Australian population identifying their ancestry as “Hazara” or using Hazaraghi as their home language.

By far the largest number of Australian Hazaras reside in Greater Melbourne, where, at the time of the 2021 Census, there were 17,622 individuals with Hazara ancestry, representing 0.4% of the city's population.[9] They are mainly concentrated in the South-Eastern suburbs, particularly in the LGA's of Casey (11,901 individuals),[10] especially in the suburbs of Doveton and Narre Warren South, and Greater Dandenong (3,915 individuals),[11] mainly within the suburb of Dandenong. There is also a small but growing Hazara community in Melbourne's west, mainly in The City of Brimbank,[12] that numbered 466 individuals at the time of the 2021 Census, and in the city's north, mainly in The City of Hume, concentrated within the suburb of Craigieburn, that numbered 400 people.[13]

The city with the second largest number of Hazara Australians is Adelaide, where 6,963 people identified their ancestry as Hazara at the 2021 Census, representing 0.5% of the city's population.[14] It also has the highest number of Australian Hazaras per capita of any major Australian city. They mostly live throughout the city's northern suburbs, particularly in the LGA's of Salisbury (3,355 individuals),[15] mainly in the suburbs of Paralowie and Parafield Gardens, and Port Adelaide Enfield (1,920 individuals), almost exclusively in the suburbs of Kilburn and Blair Athol.[16]

In Sydney, the 2021 Census recorded 6,915 individuals with Hazara ancestry, representing just over 0.1% of the city's population.[17] They are mainly concentrated in the city's west, mostly in the LGA of Cumberland (4,170 individuals), mainly in the suburbs of Auburn and Merrylands,[18] and the LGA of Blacktown (949 individuals).[19]

The 2021 Census recorded 3,717 Hazaras residing in Greater Perth, amounting to roughly 0.2% of the city's population.[20] They mostly live in the Western suburbs, primarily within the City of Gosnells (1,628 people), mainly in the suburbs of Maddington and Gosnells[21] with a smaller population in the north of the city, in the LGA of Swan (595 people).

In Greater Brisbane, the 2021 Census recorded 3,088 individuals of Hazara ancestry, representing just over 0.1% of the city's population.[22] The southern suburbs are where this community resides, mainly in The City of Logan (2,070 people), primarily within the suburbs of Marsden, Woodridge, and Loganlea.[23]

Relatively few Hazara Australians live in regional areas, however there are significant populations in Shepparton (726 individuals),[24] and Geelong (531 individuals),[25] specifically the northern suburbs of Corio and Norlane.

Language

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Most Hazara Australians are fluent in English, but with their first language being the Hazaragi dialect of Persian.[citation needed]

Media

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Arman Monthly is a magazine distributed nationwide which is published by the Hazara community. The 2003 Australian documentary film Molly & Mobarak is based on a Hazara asylum seeker who enters Australia, falls in love with a local girl and faces possible deportation as his temporary visa nears expiration. dehmazang.org is online based news cultural platforms that cover Hazaragi events in Australia and documents anything related to Hazaras in its capacity.

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Cultural Diversity". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Nowell, Laurie (16 July 2014). "The Hazaras of Dandenong". The Age. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Mandokhail, Rafiullah (13 February 2022). "Uncertain futures ahead for Hazara youth". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hazara Council Australia". hcaustralia.org.au. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Nowell, Laurie (16 July 2014). "The Hazaras of Dandenong". The Age. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "2021 People in Australia who were born in Afghanistan, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 April 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ancestry | Australia | Community profile". profile.id.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 July 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Johanson, Simon (17 March 2015). "Shangri-La developer makes journey from Afghan refugee to construction king". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  9. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/australia/ancestry?BMID=50&WebID=270&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  10. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/casey/ancestry?BMID=22&WebID=10&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  11. ↑ "REMPLAN Region Profiles and Explorers". REMPLAN Region Profiles and Explorers. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  12. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/brimbank/ancestry?BMID=22&WebID=10&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  13. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/hume/ancestry?BMID=22&WebID=10&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  14. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/australia/ancestry?BMID=50&WebID=290&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  15. ↑ "Ancestry | City of Salisbury | profile.id". profile.id.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  16. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/port-adelaide-enfield/ancestry?WebID=160 [bare URL]
  17. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/australia/ancestry?BMID=50&WebID=260&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  18. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/Cumberland/ancestry?BMID=50&WebID=10&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  19. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/blacktown/ancestry?BMID=50&WebID=10&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  20. ↑ "Ancestry | Australia | Community profile". profile.id.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 December 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  21. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/gosnells/ancestry?BMID=50&WebID=10&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  22. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/australia/ancestry?BMID=50&WebID=280&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  23. ↑ https://profile.id.com.au/logan/ancestry?BMID=50&WebID=10&EndYear=2016&DataType=UR&Sex=3 [bare URL]
  24. ↑ "Ancestry | City of Greater Shepparton | profile.id". profile.id.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  25. ↑ "Ancestry | City of Greater Geelong | profile.id". profile.id.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  26. ↑ International, Hazara (30 August 2011). "Australian Hazara Champion, now a Hollywood celebrity visits refugees and his fans in Europe". Archived from the original on 14 March 2026. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  27. ↑ "Nomad (Ali Ahmadi) | Australian Gladiators | GladiatorsTV.com". Gladiators.
  28. ↑ "Joeys Selection Caps Roar Teen's Amazing Journey". Kabul Press. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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