51.8% ▲ +429.3%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Reid · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Reid
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Reid were born in another country, making it one of the most diverse areas at this level. This international mix is seen in daily life through a wide variety of backgrounds, with Chinese ancestry being the most common at 23.2%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese is the most common ancestry at 23.2%, followed by English at 13.8% and Australian at 12.3%. Italian and Irish ancestries also feature, at 8.6% and 5.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has jumped 42 points since 2011 to 51.8%, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 43.9% were born in Australia, others commonly come from China, India, Nepal, and Italy.
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 Reid [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED137/reid/topic/ancestry-heritage