40.1% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Canada Bay · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Canada Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Four out of ten residents in Canada Bay were born overseas, making it one of the most diverse areas of its kind. This international mix is reflected in the wide variety of cultural backgrounds, with English, Australian, Chinese and Italian being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (19.0%) and Australian (17.6%) are the most common ancestries, followed closely by Chinese (16.2%) and Italian (15.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far above the national figure, reaching 40.1% in 2021. This figure has risen 4.6 percentage points since 2011, with China (7.8%) and Italy (3.9%) being the most common birthplaces outside 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 Canada Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11520/canada-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage