Indian Australians

Indian Australians or Indo-Australians are a subgroup of the Indian diaspora residing in Australia. This includes both those who are Australian by birth, and those born in India or elsewhere in the diaspora. Indian Australians are now one of the largest groups of the Indian diaspora, with 783,958 persons declaring Indian ancestry at the 2021 census, representing 3.1% of the Australian population, and 673,352 stating that they were born in India. If all "Indian-related ancestries" are grouped together, that number rises to 970,000, or 3.8% of the country's population. Furthermore, by June 2024, the Australia Bureau of Statistics reported that the Indian-born population had risen to 916,330 individuals, an increase of nearly 150,000 in 3 years.

Having long been restricted from entry under the White Australia policy, the number of Indians in Australia has increased exponentially in the 21st century. Indians now form the fastest-growing community both in terms of absolute numbers and percentages in Australia, and also have the youngest average age (34 years). As of 2016, Indians were the highest-educated migrant group in Australia, with 54.6% of Indians in Australia having a bachelor's or higher degree, more than three times the Australian national average.

In the 2021 Australian census, 1,217,575 individuals declared speaking a South Asian language. Punjabi (ranked 6th with 0.94% of total population) and Hindi (ranked 8th with 0.78% of total population) are among the top 10 languages spoken in Australia. As of 2018, the main Indic religions in Australia, whose adherents also include non-Indians, are Buddhism (2.4% of total population or 563,700 people), Hinduism (1.9% or 440,300) and Sikhism (0.5% or 125,900).