45.6% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2136, NSW · Postcode
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing own-country population has seen 45.6% of people in postcode 2136 born overseas as of 2021. This represents a 2.8 percentage point increase since 2011, making the area's international makeup far more diverse than the national figure.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The community has a varied mix of roots, with Chinese (19.0%), Australian (13.1%), Italian (11.6%), English (11.2%) and Indian (6.0%) being the most common ancestries.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly half of the population was born outside Australia, a figure far above the 29.3% seen in New South Wales. While 49.7% were born in Australia, the largest overseas birthplaces are China (8.9%), India (4.6%), Italy (2.8%) and Vietnam (1.7%).
45.6% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 95% of postcode areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in 2136, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2136/2136-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage