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Ethnicities of Australia

The majority of people living in Australia identify as English or Australian, those and other ethnicities include the following:

English 25.9%

Australian 25.4%

Irish 7.5%

Scottish 6.4%

Italian 3.3%

German 3.2%

Chinese 3.1%

Indian 1.4%

Greek 1.4%

Dutch 1.2%

other 15.8% (which includes Australian aboriginal .5%)

unspecified 5.4%

Source: https://www.meta-chart.com/pie#/display

Languages of Australia

English is the most popular language spoken by 76.8% of the population. The rest of the population speak a variety of languages including Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, Greek Cantonese, Vietnamese, among other languages. Although there were once close to 1,000 Aboriginal Australian languages the number has dropped to around 200 due to the lack of them being spoken and passed down through families. 

Religions of Australia

While various branches of Christianity make up the majority of the religions practiced in Australia there are others practiced which include:

Protestant 30.1%

Catholic 25.3%

Other Christian 2.9%

Orthodox 2.8%

Buddhist 2.5%

Muslim 2.2%

Hindu 1.3%

Other Religions 1.3%

None 22.3%

Unspecified 9.3%

Source: censusstats.blogspot.com

When the British settled in Australia the indigenous people had their own religions, however the religions are no longer widely practiced. Instead Christian and Catholic religions now compose most of the religious landscape.

Government of Australia

Australia's government consists of a parliamentary democracy and a commonwealth realm, so they are under the British monarchy. The country declared its independence from the federation of the UK colonies on January 1st of 1901. They use a legal system based on the English model, and have an executive, judicial, and legislative brach. Citizens are allowed to vote at the age of 18.

Source: wonderfulengineering.com