48.6% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sydney · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sydney
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A rise of 6.1 percentage points since 2011 highlights how Sydney has become increasingly international. Nearly half of all residents were born overseas, making the city far more diverse than the rest of the state or country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 25.1%, while Australian and Chinese ancestries both sit at 16.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly half of residents—48.6%—were born overseas, a figure far above the national rate of 27.7%. While 44.6% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 7.8% and England at 4.8%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17200/sydney/topic/ancestry-heritage