The Hungarians of Australia

The Hungarians of Australia, numbering approximately 19,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Central European people whose culture reflects a unique combination of Uralic linguistic heritage, centuries of life in the Carpathian Basin, and extensive interaction with Germanic, Slavic, Balkan, and Turkic populations. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Hungarian is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Hungarian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Hungarian
Primary Language(s): Hungarian (hun)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 19,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007934
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

39%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hungarian
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Hungarian Speakers

Media Resources in Hungarian:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Hungarian:

Or check out the Hungarian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hungarians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Hungarians:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Hungarians of Australia

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
readPsalm 1:1-2

Pray that God will call out many sons and daughters from among them and give them a deep love for His Word.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

Hungarian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103918) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HungariansHungariansHungary8,885,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansRomania1,255,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSlovakia519,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSerbia338,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansFrance250,000Unengaged and UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUkraine118,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
HungariansHungariansUnited Kingdom104,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUnited States83,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansAustria64,500No Longer UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansCanada42,000No Longer UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansHungariansSweden32,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansHungariansAustralia19,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansCroatia15,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSlovenia6,700Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism

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