76.9% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sydney (South) - Haymarket · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Chinese ancestry is the most common in Sydney (South) - Haymarket, making up 36.5% of the population. This area is defined by its immense international diversity, with over three quarters of residents born overseas.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese is the most common ancestry at 36.5%, followed by English at 9.9% and Australian at 4.7%. Indian and Vietnamese ancestries also make up smaller shares of the community.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 76.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This high overseas birth rate is reflected in the breakdown, where China (15.2%) is nearly as common a birthplace as Australia (15.9%).
76.9% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Sydney (South) - Haymarket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/117031645/sydney-haymarket/topic/ancestry-heritage