43.1% ▲ +492.0%
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kingsford Smith · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kingsford Smith
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than 43% of people in Kingsford Smith were born overseas, making it far more diverse than most other areas. This overseas-born population has grown rapidly, rising 36 percentage points since 2011. It is now a community where nearly half of the residents come from outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 22.9%, followed by Australian at 19.2% and Chinese at 12.7%. Other significant ancestral roots include Irish at 12.1% and Scottish at 6.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far above the national figure of 27.7% and the state figure of 29.3%. While 51.9% were born in Australia, the largest overseas groups are from China (4.4%), England (4.3%), New Zealand (1.8%) and India (1.4%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Kingsford Smith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED122/kingsford-smith/topic/ancestry-heritage