In addition, 144,666 people born in Australia claim South African ancestry, making up 0.6% of the total population.

[7] Immigration from South Africa to Australia, particularly by professionals, accelerated in the 1990s.

More than half of the South African Australians arrived following the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994.

[8] A behaviour stigmatised by white South Africans who remained in their homeland as "Packing for Perth" ("PFP") was also a humorous dig and reference to supporters of the Progressive Federal Party – a political party formed in 1977 that drew support mainly from liberal English-speaking white people.

[9] As per 2021 census, 60% of Australians who are born in South Africa, claimed English, Dutch, German and Scottish ancestry, while only 40% claimed "South African" as an ancestry.