Except for a small Serbian community in Trieste and the village of Peroj in Istria, the vast majority of Croatian speakers in the Austrian Littoral can be identified as Croats.
Peale väikese serbia kogukonna Triestes ja Peroj küla Istrias, mida asustasid etnilised montenegrolased, saab enamiku horvaadi keele kõnelejaist Austria Rannikumaal tuvastada horvaatidena.