43.6% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2161, NSW · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 2161, NSW
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background for those in postcode 2161, where 13.6% of people claim this heritage. This area is very diverse, with a huge proportion of the population born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
While Australian and English ancestries are the most common at 13.6% and 9.7%, Chinese heritage is also prominent at 6.3%. Vietnamese and Indian ancestries follow at 2.2% and 2.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 43.6% of people here were born overseas, a figure far above the national average of 27.7%. This proportion has risen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011, and is now among the highest for similar areas.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for 2161, NSW
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in 2161, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2161/2161-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage