Anglo-Celtic Australians

Australians
Total population
	At least 51.7% of the Australian population (2021); English Australians: 8,385,928; Irish Australians: 2,410,833; Scottish Australians: 2,176,777; Cornish Australians: 768,100; Welsh Australians: 683,700; Anglo-Celtic Australians (so described): 13,150; Manx Australians: 2,424; Channel Islander Australians: 1,273;
Regions with significant populations
	All parts of Australia including urban, rural and regional Australia
Languages
	Predominantly Australian English; Welsh • Irish • Scottish Gaelic • Cornish
Religion
	Predominantly Christian
Related ethnic groups
	European New Zealanders

Anglo-Celtic Australians is an ancestral grouping of Australians whose ancestors originate wholly or partially in the British Isles - predominantly in England (including Cornish), Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as the Isle of Man and Channel Islands.^[5]

While Anglo-Celtic Australians do not form an official ethnic grouping in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups, due to the long historical dominance and intermixture of Australians with ancestries from the British Isles, it is commonly used as an informal ethnic identifier.^[2]

The term has received criticism for erasing historical distinctions between English and Celtic settlers. In particular, it does not account for the political and social segregation of English and Irish Australians which some scholars have labelled an apartheid^[6] or the fact that while many English arrived in Australia as willing immigrants, many Irish were forcibly transported as prisoners or refugees.^[7]

At the 2021 census, the number of ancestry responses from the following groups as a proportion of the total Australian population amounted to 51.7%: English Australian, Irish Australian, Scottish Australian, Welsh Australian, Cornish Australians, British Australian (so described), Manx Australian, Channel Islander Australian.^[1]^[C] The precise number of Anglo-Celtic Australians is unknown due to the way in which ancestry data is collected in Australia. For instance, many census recipients nominated two Anglo-Celtic ancestries due to the long history of these ancestries in Australia, tending towards an overcount. Conversely, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has stated that most people nominating "Australian" ancestry have at least partial Anglo-Celtic European ancestry despite "Australian" ancestry being classified as part of the Oceanian ancestry group,^[4] tending towards an undercount.

^ ^a ^b "Census of Population and Housing: Cultural diversity data summary, 2021" (XLSX). Abs.gov.au. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG), 2019 | Australian Bureau of Statistics". 18 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Understanding and using Ancestry data | Australian Bureau of Statistics". 28 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Feature Article – Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia (Feature Article)". 1301.0 – Year Book Australia, 1995. Commonwealth of Australia. Australian Bureau of Statistics.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (January 1995). "Feature Article – Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia (Feature Article)". Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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^ "Remembering and Commemorating the Great Famine and Emigration to Australia // Articles // breac // University of Notre Dame". breac.nd.edu. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

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[ReferenceC-1] "Census of Population and Housing: Cultural diversity data summary, 2021" (XLSX). Abs.gov.au. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[ReferenceD-2] "Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG), 2019 | Australian Bureau of Statistics". 18 December 2019.

[ReferenceE-3] "Understanding and using Ancestry data | Australian Bureau of Statistics". 28 June 2022.

[Commonwealth_of_Australia-5] "Feature Article – Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia (Feature Article)". 1301.0 – Year Book Australia, 1995. Commonwealth of Australia. Australian Bureau of Statistics.

[7] Australian Bureau of Statistics (January 1995). "Feature Article – Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Australia (Feature Article)". Retrieved 11 December 2016.

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[9] "Remembering and Commemorating the Great Famine and Emigration to Australia // Articles // breac // University of Notre Dame". breac.nd.edu. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

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