63.9% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 63.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2141, NSW · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 2141, NSW
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than six in ten people in postcode 2141 were born overseas, a figure that has risen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more internationally diverse than both New South Wales and Australia. Chinese ancestry is now the most common, accounting for 30.2% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most prevalent at 30.2%, followed by English at 6.9%, Australian at 6.1%, Vietnamese at 4.8% and Filipino at 3.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 63.9% of people born overseas is far above the national figure of 27.7% and among the highest for similar areas. This high overseas birth rate is reflected in the data, with 13.9% of residents born in China, 6.0% in Vietnam, 5.1% in Nepal and 2.8% in the Philippines.
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 2141, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2141/2141-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage