56.9% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 49.0%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2142, NSW · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 2142, NSW
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of all residents in postcode 2142 were born overseas, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas in the region. This high proportion of overseas births is reflected in the ancestry data, where Chinese and Indian backgrounds are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most frequent ancestries are Chinese at 11.1% and Indian at 9.6%, followed closely by English (9.2%) and Australian (9.1%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A far higher share of people here were born overseas compared to the national figure, with 56.9% of the population born abroad. This figure has risen by 7.8 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being India (10.2%) and Nepal (8.5%).
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 2142, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2142/2142-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage