The population (2015 est.) English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%, German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian 1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other 15.8% (includes Australian aboriginal .
Age. Children make up a substantial section of the Australian community. In the latest census, the ABS counted more than 4.8 million children aged 0 to 18 living in Australia on 6 August 1996. 2.3 The proportion of children in Australia’s population has been slowly declining, from 36% in 1925 to 28% in 1996.