Greek community of Melbourne
The Greek community of Melbourne is one of the largest Greek diaspora communities in the world and Melbourne is the city with the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Greece. According to the 2016 Australian census, Melbourne has the largest Greek Australian population in Australia (173,598), and the largest Greek population of any city in the world outside of Greece and Cyprus. Economic bilateral relations between Australia and Greece are worth over A$140 million.[1]
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Melbourne is also a sister city to Thessaloniki,[2] Greeceās second-largest city.
Demographics
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According to the 2011 census, about 49,991 Greeks were born in Victoria, with the vast majority of them living in Melbourne.
Greek Cypriots
The 2011 census recorded 8,178 Cyprus-born people in Victoria, the majority of them being Greek Cypriots.
See also
- Greek Australians
- Greek Precinct, Melbourne
- Demographics of Melbourne
References
- Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Bilateral relations between Greece and Australia". Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- City of Melbourne. "International relations - Thessaloniki". Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- Museum Victoria. "History of immigration from Greece". Retrieved 1 July 2015.