{{Short description|Australians of Samoan descent}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Samoan Australians | native_name = {{nativename|sm|Tagata Sāmoa i Ausetalia}} | total = '''98,029''' (2021) | popplace = Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne | langs = Australian English, Samoan | rels = Christianity, Polytheism, Irreligion | related = Other Polynesians }}
'''Samoan Australians''' refers to Australian citizens or residents who are of ethnic Samoan descent or people born in Samoa but grew up in Australia. However, there are many New Zealand-born Samoans living in Australia, known as Samoan New Zealand Australians. Most Samoans in Australia live in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Most people of Samoan heritage speak Samoan as their first language.<ref name="Multicultural NSW">{{cite web |title=Profile.id - Multicultural NSW |url=https://multiculturalnsw.id.com.au/multiculturalnsw/ancestry-by-language?COIID=109}}</ref>
==History== After Christian missionaries from Australia began visiting Samoa in 1857, Samoan ministers began traveling to Australia for more training and to find work. However, Samoan and other non-European immigration to Australia was halted due to the White Australia policy in 1901. The next significant wave of Samoans to move to Australia was in the 1970s, where Samoans participated in educational programs sponsored by the Australian Government.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of immigration from Samoa |url=https://museumsvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=51 |publisher=Museum Victoria |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>
==Demographics== [[File:House Of Bread Assembly Of God Church Of Samoa, Thomastown 3.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Samoan church in Thomastown, Melbourne]] According to the 2006 Australian census, 15,244 Australians were born in Samoa and 193 in American Samoa<ref name="ABS Country of Birth">{{cite web |url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=POLTD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Person%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Birthplace& |title = 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia |format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics |work = {{CensusAU|2006}} |access-date = 2008-06-02 |archive-date = 25 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181225044257/http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/cowsredirect |url-status = dead }} Total count of persons: 19,855,288.</ref> while 39,992 claimed Samoan ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.<ref name="ABS Ancestry">{{cite web| url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?breadcrumb=POLTD&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&subaction=-1&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&documentproductno=0&textversion=false&documenttype=Details&collection=Census&javascript=true&topic=Ancestry&action=404&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&order=1&period=2006&tabname=Details&areacode=0&navmapdisplayed=true&| title = 20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia| format = Microsoft Excel download| publisher = Australian Bureau of Statistics| work = {{CensusAU|2006}}| access-date = 2008-06-02| archive-date = 10 March 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080310121707/http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/download?format=xls&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&areacode=0| url-status = dead}} Total responses: 25,451,383 for total count of persons: 19,855,288.</ref> The 2011 Australian census showed an increase in both categories as Australians who claimed Samoan ancestry was 55,843 and Samoa-born residents were 19,092. According to the 2016 Australian census, there are a total of 75,755 Australians with Samoan ancestry. This number includes the 24,017 Australian residents who were born in the Samoan Islands. 41.3 percent of Samoan Australians live in New South Wales, 33.9 percent live in Queensland, 21.1 percent live in Victoria, and just 1.9 percent live in Western Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Samoans in Australia |url=https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/samoan-culture/samoans-in-australia |publisher=Cultural Atlas |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref> Samoan Australians are the second largest Polynesian group behind Māori Australians.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Batley |first1=James |title=What does the 2016 census reveal about Pacific Islands communities in Australia? |date=27 September 2017 |url=https://www.devpolicy.org/2016-census-reveal-about-pacific-islands-communities-in-australia-20170928/ |publisher=Development Policy Centre |access-date=28 Sep 2017}}</ref> In 2016, 49.3% of people claiming Samoan ancestry in New South Wales spoke Samoan at home and 47.0% spoke English at home.<ref name="Multicultural NSW" />
==Notable people== * List of Samoans
==See also== {{Portal|Australia}} * Samoan New Zealanders * Samoan Americans
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Samoan diaspora}} {{Ethnic groups in Australia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Samoan Australians}} Category:Polynesian diaspora in Australia Category:Australian people of Samoan descent Category:Samoan diaspora
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