I-Australia itholakala ezingxenyeni eziseningizimu nasempumalanga yeplanethi. Izwekazi lonke liphethwe ngumbuso owodwa. Inani labantu liyakhula nsuku zonke futhi okwamanje ngaphezulu kwabantu abayizigidi ezingama-24.5... Umuntu omusha uzalwa cishe njalo emizuzwini emi-2. Ngokwesibalo sabantu, izwe limi ngamashumi amahlanu emhlabeni. Ngokuqondene nabantu bomdabu, ngo-2007 babengekho ngaphezu kuka-2.7%, bonke abanye bangabafuduki abavela emazweni ahlukene omhlaba asebekade behlala ezwekazini amakhulu eminyaka. Mayelana neminyaka yobudala, izingane cishe ziyi-19%, abantu abadala - ama-67%, nabantu abadala (ngaphezulu kwama-65) - cishe i-14%.
I-Australia inesikhathi eside sokuphila seminyaka eyi-81.63. Ngokwale pharamitha, izwe likleliswe endaweni yesi-6 emhlabeni. Ukufa kwenzeka cishe njalo emizuzwini emithathu ngemizuzwana engama-30. Izinga lokufa kwezinsana lilinganiselwe: kuzo zonke izingane eziyi-1000 ezizalwayo, kunezifo ezisanda kuzalwa ezingama-4.75.
Ukwakheka kwabantu e-Australia
Abantu abanezimpande ezivela emazweni ahlukene omhlaba bahlala e-Australia. Inombolo enkulu kunabantu abalandelayo:
- EyaseBrithani;
- AbaseNew Zealand;
- AmaNtaliyane;
- IsiShayina;
- AmaJalimane;
- IsiVietnam;
- AmaNdiya;
- AmaPhilippines;
- AmaGreki.
Mayelana nalokhu, endaweni enkulu yezwekazi kunenqwaba yokuvuma inkolo: UbuKatolika nobuProthestani, ubuBuddha nobuHindu, ubuSulumane nobuJuda, ubuSikh kanye nezinkolelo ezahlukahlukene zomdabu kanye nokunyakaza kwenkolo.
Mayelana nabantu bomdabu base-Australia
Ulimi olusemthethweni lwase-Australia isiNgisi sase-Australia. Isetshenziswa ezinhlanganweni zikahulumeni nasezokuxhumana, kuma-ejensi wezokuvakasha nasezindaweni zokudlela ezinhle, ezindaweni zokudlela nasemahhotela, ezinkundleni zemidlalo yaseshashalazini nasezokuthutha. IsiNgisi sisetshenziswa iningi labantu - cishe ama-80%, konke okunye yizilimi zabancane ezweni. Kaningi abantu e-Australia bakhuluma izilimi ezimbili: isiNgisi kanye nezwe labo lokuzalwa. Konke lokhu kunomthelela ekulondolozweni kwamasiko abantu abahlukahlukene.
Ngakho-ke, i-Australia ayilona izwekazi elinabantu abaningi, futhi inethemba lokuhlala nokwanda kwenani labantu. Iyanda kokubili ngenxa yezinga lokuzalwa nangenxa yokufuduka. Vele, iningi labantu lenziwe ngabaseYurophu nenzalo yabo, kepha ungahlangana nabantu abahlukahlukene base-Afrika nabase-Asia lapha. Ngokuvamile, sibona ukuxubana kwabantu, izilimi, izinkolo namasiko ahlukene, okudala isimo esikhethekile lapho abantu bezizwe ezahlukahlukene nezinkolo bahlala ndawonye.
