53.4% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bonnyrigg Heights - Bonnyrigg · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bonnyrigg Heights - Bonnyrigg
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Bonnyrigg Heights - Bonnyrigg were born overseas, a figure far higher than the national average. This creates a diverse community where Vietnamese and Chinese backgrounds are very common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Vietnamese ancestry is the most frequent at 22.5%, followed by Chinese at 13.3%. These groups are much more common here than Australian (8.7%) or English (6.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 53.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This proportion rose by 2.2 percentage points since 2011, with Vietnam being the most common birthplace outside Australia at 16.5%.
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 Bonnyrigg Heights - Bonnyrigg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127021509/bonnyrigg-heights-bonnyrigg/topic/ancestry-heritage