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Filipino Australians (Filipino: Mga Australyanong Pilipino) are Australians of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Australians are one of the largest groups within the global Filipino diaspora. At the 2021 census, 408,836 people stated that they had Filipino ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.6% of the Australian population. In 2021, the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated that there were 310,620 Australian residents born in the Philippines.
Population
Currently Filipinos are the third largest Asian Australian immigrant group behind Chinese Australians and Indian Australians. At the 2021 census, 408,836 people stated that they had Filipino ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), representing 1.6% of the Australian population. In 2021, the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated that there were 310,620 Australian residents born in the Philippines.
At the 2021 census, the states with the largest numbers of people reporting Filipino ancestry were: New South Wales (152,804), Victoria (95,186), Queensland (73,805), Western Australia (46,785) and South Australia (21,257).
Females account for 61% while males represent 39% of Filipino Australians born in the Philippines.
History
During the 1800s until the early 20th century, Broome became the pearling capital of the world. Filipinos worked as divers, crew, shell openers, and sorters. Eventually, they married with local women in Broome.
Filipinos were excluded from entering Australia under the White Australia policy. As a consequence, their numbers in Australia remained minimal; confined to descendants of those few Filipinos who had migrated to the north west pearling areas of Western Australia and the sugar cane plantations of Queensland prior to 1901; until the abolition of racially selective immigration policies in 1966. The 1901 census had recorded 700 Filipinos in Australia.
Martial law in the Philippines, declared by former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos in 1972, and the renunciation of the White Australia policy made Australia an attractive destination for Filipino emigrants, particularly skilled workers. Many Filipinos also settled in Australia from the 1970s onward as either migrant workers or the spouses of Australian citizens. Marriages between Filipinos and Australians rose very sharply from 1978, peaked in 1986, and remained high as of 2000, despite a dip in the early 1990s. The 1980s were the period of the greatest Filipino immigration, with 1987-1988 being the peak year.
Media
The Philippine Times is Victoria's longest-running community paper. The first edition was published in November 1990.
Notable people
= Philippine-born
=Aljin Abella, actor from the TV series Power Rangers Jungle Fury
Migo Adecer, singer, dancer, model, and actor
Jhoanna Aguila, singer, and The Voice Australia Season 3 contestant
Alyssa Alano, actress and model
Leila Alcasid, singer and songwriter
Joey Mead King, model, VJ, and TV and events host
Shar Mae Amor, singer and former Paradiso Girls member
Hannah Arnold, model and beauty queen, crowned Binibining Pilipinas 2021
Mig Ayesa, theatre actor and rock vocalist
Merlinda Bobis, writer
Shey Bustamante, reality show contestant
Arianne Caoili, chess player
Israel Cruz, singer
Kathleen de Leon Jones, original Hi-5 member
Felino Dolloso, theatre actor
Ben Gonzales, rugby league player
Sef Gonzales, convicted murderer
Nathalie Hart, actress
Fely Irvine, former Hi-5 member
Jal Joshua, singer, dancer, and Australia's Got Talent Season 3 1st runner-up
Alfred Nicdao, actor
Kylie Padilla, actress, singer and model
Yshrael Pascual, singer and The Voice Australia Season 1 contestant
Jim Paredes, singer, songwriter, member of APO Hiking Society trio
Rose Porteous, socialite
RJ Rosales, actor and musical theatre performer
Claire Ruiz, actress, singer, dancer, and model
Jerson Trinidad, singer and The Voice Australia Season 1 contestant
Guillermo Capati, civil and environmental engineer
= Filipino ancestry
=Abigail Adriano, singer and The Voice Kids Australia contestant
Chelsea Castillo, singer and Australia's Got Talent Season 3 finalist
Chris Cayzer, actor and singer
Kate Ceberano, singer
Genesis Cerezo, beatboxer and Australia's Got Talent Season 6 finalist
Sarah Christophers, former actress
Elizabeth Clenci, model and beauty queen, Miss Grand International 2017 2nd runner-up
Jessica Connelly, singer and former reality show contestant
Anne Curtis, actress, model, and singer
Jasmine Curtis-Smith, actress and model
Rod Davies, wing for Queensland Reds Super Rugby team
Jason Day, golfer
Ashley del Mundo, actress and former reality show contestant
Ezekiel Dimaguila, reality show contestant
Stef Draper, reality show contestant
Kai Espenido, reality show contestant
Alyssa Exala, reality show contestant
Karen Gallman, model and beauty queen crowned Binibining Pilipinas Intercontinental 2018 and Miss Intercontinental 2018
Ylona Garcia, singer
Kevin Gordon, Gold Coast Titans Rugby League player
Maxwell Gratton, CEO of Flying Disc Australia
Catriona Gray, singer and model crowned Miss World Philippines 2016, Miss Universe Philippines 2018 and Miss Universe 2018
Payne Haas, Brisbane Broncos Rugby League player
Sheralyn Hill, singer, The X Factor Australia Season 6 finalist, and former TRILL member
Jessica Jade, singer, The X Factor Australia Season 6 finalist, and former TRILL member
Mojo Juju, musician
Clinton Kane, singer
Kelebek, rapper, The X Factor Australia Season 5 finalist, and former Third Degree member
Stephanie Lacerna, singer and Idol Philippines contestant
Philip Lampart, reality show contestant
Michael Letts, rugby player
Vanessa Librea, singer and The Voice Australia Season 11 contestant
Jericho Malabonga, winner of the fourth series of Australian Survivor
Reyanna Maria, singer and rapper
Janette McBride, former actress
Michael McCoy, reality show contestant
Reef McInnes, Australian rules footballer
Natalie Mendoza, actress (Hotel Babylon)
Rebecca Jackson Mendoza, actress, singer, and dancer
Paul Merciadez, singer, dancer, and member of dance group Justice Crew
Bella Micucci, singer and The Voice Teens Philippines Season 2 contestant
Patrick Miller, Married at First Sight Australia Season 5 star
Montaigne, singer
Seann Miley Moore, singer, The X Factor U.K. Season 12 finalist, and The Voice Australia Season 10 contestant
Kenneth Moraleda, director & actor
Bobby Morley, actor from Home and Away and The 100 TV series
Charlotte Nicdao, actress
Cyrell Paule, Married at First Sight Australia Season 6 star
John Pearce, singer, dancer, member of Justice Crew, and member of children's music group The Wiggles
Lenny Pearce, singer, dancer, and member of Justice Crew
Mick Pennisi, basketball player
Chad Peralta, singer
Marlisa Punzalan, winner of the sixth series of The X Factor Australia
Iain Ramsay, professional football (soccer) player. Has chosen to represent the Philippines national football team at the international level.
James Reid, actor, singer, and dancer
Lauren Reid, model, actress, events and television host, and blogger
Sheldon Riley, singer, 2022 Australian Eurovision representative, The Voice Australia Season 7 2nd runner-up, The X Factor Australia Season 8 finalist
Nina Robertson, beauty queen crowned Miss Earth Australia 2017
Marissa Saroca, singer and The Voice of the Philippines Season 1 contestant
Nicole Schmitz, beauty queen and model crowned Binibining Pilipinas 2012, Miss International 2012 Top 15 finalist
Naomi Sequeira, actress and singer, Hanging with Adam & Naomi, The Evermoor Chronicles
Monique Shippen, model, singer and beauty queen crowned Miss Earth Australia 2018 and Miss International Australia 2019
Flip Simmons, theatre actor and musician
Starley, singer
Calmell Teagle, singer, The X Factor Australia Season 8 finalist, and former AYA member
Melanie Vallejo, actress from the TV series Power Rangers: Mystic Force
Michelle Vergara Moore, actress from the TV series The Time of Our Lives
Matthew Victor Pastor, film director
Iya Villania, singer, actress and model
Cyrus Villanueva, winner of the seventh series of The X Factor Australia
Craig Wing, Australian Rugby League player (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Trinity Young, singer and The Voice Kids Australia contestant
Gwen Zamora, actress and model
See also
Australia–Philippines relations
Embassy of the Philippines, Canberra
References
External links
The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney
Embassy of the Philippines in Canberra
Pinoy Australia Information Forum
Bayanihan The Community Newspaper of Australia
Ang Kalatas Newspaper
Filipin-Oz News of Filipino's in Australia and Business Directory
Philtimes.com.au Australia's Filipino newspaper
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- Filipino Americans
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