6.0% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2400, NSW · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 2400, NSW
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage for people in postcode 2400, where 36.7% of residents claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia and has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the next most common at 29.8%, followed by Irish (9.3%), Scottish (7.4%) and German (2.8%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.0% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. While this remains much lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 1.0 percentage points since 2011.
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 2400, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2400/2400-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage