58.9% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 52.7%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Strathfield · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Strathfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A staggering 58.9% of people in Strathfield were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This high proportion of overseas-born residents has grown since 2011 and creates a community with a very diverse range of cultural roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 21.4%, followed by Indian (11.0%), English (8.9%), Australian (8.2%) and Italian (4.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The number of overseas-born residents rose 6.3 percentage points since 2011, leaving Strathfield far above New South Wales and Australia. While 36.2% were born in Australia, many others arrived from India (11.7%), China (9.8%), Nepal (6.8%) and Vietnam (2.4%).
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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17100/strathfield/topic/ancestry-heritage