16.6% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2515, NSW · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 2515, NSW
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in postcode 2515 compared to the rest of the country. Only 16.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.5% and 37.5% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish (16.5%), Scottish (14.1%) and German (4.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 80.7% of the area was born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 2.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.6%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with England (5.7%) and New Zealand (1.7%) being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 2515, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2515/2515-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage