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The SBS Persian - Farsi info seeker

There are 34,161Persian-Farsi speakers in Australia, representing 0.2 % of the entire population. Persian-Farsi speakers are concentrated in large cities, such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

  • Uses media to connect with homeland and local community news and information
  • Engages with SBS for its reliability and accurate information source.
  • Respect the strength of content from around the world and diverse sources of SBS Radio.
  • Persian-Farsi community engages with SBS Radio for its focus on Australian contents.
  • Respect the impartiality and balance content of SBS Radio.

More than

13,450

Persian-Farsi speakers have arrived in the last 10 years from Iran

Over

9.6%

do not speak English at all

The community is known to be:

  • Engaged and belonging to discernible local Iranian communities
  • Family oriented
  • Have strong academic background and expectations
  • Have strong market tastes & expectations
  • Strong Social media presence
  • News and media followers
  • Politically active