56.5% —
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bankstown - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bankstown - North
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of all residents in Bankstown - North were born overseas, placing it among the highest areas for overseas birthplaces. This creates a diverse community where Vietnamese and Chinese ancestries are the most common, both more frequent than Australian or English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Vietnamese (13.9%) and Chinese (11.2%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Australian (9.1%) and English (6.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas here than in the rest of the state or nation, at 56.5%. This figure rose 1.6 percentage points since 2016, with Vietnam (11.7%) and China (5.4%) as 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 Bankstown - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119011571/bankstown-north/topic/ancestry-heritage