33.0% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Knox · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Knox
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for people in Knox, where 29.6% of residents claim these roots. The area is notably international, with a much higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Alongside those of English descent, 27.8% of people identify as Australian and 14.1% as Chinese. Irish and Scottish ancestries also feature, at 8% and 7.8% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A third of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well above the national average and rose by 5.3 percentage points since 2011. While 64% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China, India, and England.
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 Knox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23670/knox/topic/ancestry-heritage