There are an estimated 10,000 Australians of Venezuelan ancestry according to a study of Ivan De La Vega from Simón Bolívar University.

Small numbers of Venezuela-born have migrated to Australia since the 1960s, but the majority, about 72.9% of the population, arrived in Australia after 2001 as a part of the brain drain of the Venezuelan diaspora.

Most came as skilled migrants, because of uncertainty of economic conditions in Venezuela.

83.7% of Venezuelan Australians over 15 years of age had a form of higher non-school qualifications.

[3] The main language spoken at home by Venezuela-born people is Spanish in a 77.7% followed by English with 13.8%.