| Group: | Estonian Australians |
| Population: | 2,665 (by birth, 2021 Census)[1] 11,598 (by ancestry, 2021 Census) |
| Popplace: | Estonian Ancestry by state or territory |
| Pop1: | 4,265 |
| Pop2: | 2,408 |
| Pop3: | 1,916 |
| Pop4: | 1,374 |
| Languages: | Australian EnglishEstonian |
| Religions: | Christianity (Predominantly Lutheranism) |
| Related: | Finnish Australians, Estonian Americans |
Estonian Australians (Estonian: Eestlased Austraalias) refers to Australian citizens of Estonian descent or Estonia-born persons who reside in Australia. According to the 2021 Census, there were 11,598 people of Estonian descent in Australia and 2,665 Estonia-born people residing in the country at the moment of the census, having a increase of21 per cent compared to the 2016 Census. The largest Estonia-born community in Australia is in the state of New South Wales, with 4,265 people.[1]
From 1940 to 1944, more than 70,000 Estonians fled to the West due to the Soviet and German occupations. Many settled in Australia.[2] The first voyage under Arthur Calwell's Displaced Persons immigration program, that of the USS General Stuart Heintzelman in 1947,[3] was specially chosen to be all from Baltic nations, all single, many blond and blue-eyed, in order to appeal to the Australian public.[4] Of the 843 immigrants on the Heintzelman, 142 were Estonian.[5]