16.4% ▼ -65.8%
Lower than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Richmond · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Richmond
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A dramatic 32 percentage point drop in overseas births since 2011 has shifted the makeup of Richmond. Most people here now identify with British and Irish roots, and the area is far less diverse in birthplace than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.2%, followed by Australian at 35.7% and Irish at 14.3%. Scottish and German roots are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This represents a sharp fall from 48% in 2011, with 76.1% of the population now born in Australia.
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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED138/richmond/topic/ancestry-heritage