5.0% ▼ -50.3%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2410, NSW · Postcode
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5% of people in postcode 2410 were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This creates a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. The area's roots are predominantly Anglo-Celtic, with Australian and English ancestries being the most common.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry (47.5%), followed closely by English ancestry at 43.3%. Irish, Scottish, and German roots are also common, appearing in between 6% and 13% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen by 5.1 percentage points since 2011 to just 5.0%, which is among the lowest across similar areas. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%.
5.0% ▼ -50.3%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in 2410, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2410/2410-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage