KKP 4: Australia's ethnic diversity compared with Canada

Question 1

Australia

Answer 1

• Australia has a unique history that has shaped the diversity of its peoples, their cultures and lifestyles today. Three major contributions to Australia’s demographic make-up are a diverse Indigenous population, a British colonial past and extensive immigration from many different countries and cultures.
• population of about 23 million
• White 92%
• Asian 7%
• Aboriginal and other 1%
• Collectively, Australians speak over 200 languages
  
  • Languages other than English are spoken by about 16%: Indigenous languages, Chinese, Lebanese, Greek, Italian
• Christianity = 61%

Question 2

Australia vrs Canada

Answer 2

-When categorising ethnicity
Canada = more culturally relative
Australia = culturally relative
-Ethnic diversity
Australia = more ethnically diverse based on range of number of languages and religions when contrasted with Canada
AUSTRALIA’S ETHNIC DIVERSITY IS REPRESENTED IN THE LARGE NUMBER OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN 16% LOTE
-Ethnic Hybridity
Canada is more ethnically hybrid = 26% of pop identifying with more than one culture
Migration rate
-Australia = LARGER net migration rate 6.03 migrants per 1000
-Canada = 5.65 migrants/1000 population