It’s official, we are more culturally diverse than ever! Let’s start changing the way we do business
Dr Som Sengmany – multicultural insights director, Think HQ, talks about the recently released Census 2021 data and the fact that it reveals not only the growing cultural diversity of Australia’s population, but also its increasing complexity. Sengmany also suggests that with all this in mind, businesses should be operating very differently.
The recently released Census 2021 data reveals not only the growing cultural diversity of Australia’s population but also its increasing complexity.
As Dr David Gruen AO, Australian Statistician, observes, “the Census captures the extent of the linguistic diversity across Australia. 2021 Census data collected information on over 250 ancestries and 350 languages.”
The data confirms that we have become a majority migrant nation, with 51.5 per cent of residents born overseas or having an immigrant parent. This is an increase from 48.2 per cent at the last census in 2016.
