Australia is diverse

Australia's diverse cultural makeup, brought about by waves of immigration following European colonization in the late 18th century, prevents the country from having a single, unified national culture. Those early British and Irish settlers, European immigration during World War Two, then expanding Asian and African communities in recent decades have joined the hundreds of Indigenous groups. In fact, a quarter of Australians were born abroad, and a further 25% have at least one parent who was also born abroad.

Many of us have long known that Australia is a prosperous multicultural country, but they can now take pride in being the most ethnically diverse nation on earth. Australia boasts 100 religions and 300 ethnic groupings in its cultural melting pot, with 26% of individuals born overseas and 49% of people having at least one parent born abroad. According to the census, Australia (26%) has a larger percentage of foreign-born citizens than the US (14%), Canada (22%) and New Zealand (23%). You ask, "What about the United Kingdom?" Not close at all (13%)." 2016 Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics.