English Australians, also known as Anglo-Australians, are Australians of English descent, and are both the single largest ethnic group in Australia and the largest 'ancestry' identity in the Australian Census.In the 2011 census, 7.2 million or 36.1% of respondents identified as "English" or a combination including English, such as English-Australian. The census also documented 911,592 residents of Australia as being born in England.English Australians have more often come from the South than the North of England.