Bangladeshi Australians

Bangladeshis are relatively new migrants to Australia. After the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, migration has steadily increased with the majority arriving under the Skilled Migration Program. Most Bangladesh-born have settled in the urban areas of New South Wales while smaller numbers settled in other states and territories. In the late 1990s, 2000s and early 2010s many Bangladeshis moved to less expensive suburbs in Sydney and Melbourne, namely Lakemba, Rockdale, and Eastlakes. More recently, there has been a shift to affordable suburbs farther from CBDs with larger houses, such as Macquarie Fields, Tarneit, Minto and Ingleburn. ==Demography==

The latest census in 2021 recorded 51,491 Bangladesh-born people in Australia, an increase from the 2016 census which recorded 41,233. A total of 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female, while 67% overall were Australian citizens. A total of 68.4% of Bangladeshi-Australians aged 15 or above had attained a bachelor's degree or higher, higher than the national average of 26.3%. A total of 84.2% recorded Islam as their religious affiliation, while 7.1% recorded Hinduism. ==Notable people==

• Tanveer Ahmed – Journalist, television personality and psychiatrist, columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald. ==See also==