36.0% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2221, NSW · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 2221, NSW
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a third of people in postcode 2221 were born overseas, making it far more diverse than most other areas. This international mix is reflected in the ancestry data, where Chinese and Greek roots are both very prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese is the most common ancestry at 23.7%, followed by English at 15.3%, Australian at 14.8%, and Greek at 14.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of residents born overseas rose 3.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 36.0%. This is well above the national figure of 27.7% and the New South Wales rate of 29.3%, with 11.5% of the population born in China.
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 2221, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2221/2221-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage