4.3% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
2873, NSW · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 2873, NSW
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small rise in the overseas-born population has occurred in postcode 2873 since 2011, though the area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born. Very few residents were born outside the country, with only 4.3% arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area identify as Australian (44.6%) or English (40.9%), followed by Scottish (9.8%) and Irish (8.4%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion rose slightly from 3.3% in 2011, with 83.6% of the population 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 2873, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2873/2873-nsw/topic/ancestry-heritage