4.0% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2836, NSW · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 2836, NSW
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A massive 25 percentage point gap separates the overseas-born population in postcode 2836 from the New South Wales average. This area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from other countries. Only 4% of the population was born overseas, highlighting a stark contrast to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 21.3% and 17.8% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and German backgrounds also feature as the next most frequent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and among the lowest for similar areas. This proportion fell by 1.8 percentage points since 2011, with 77% of residents born in 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 2836, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2836/2836-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage