48.7% —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burnside Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burnside Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost half of all residents in Burnside Heights were born overseas, creating a diverse community where Indian, Vietnamese and Filipino heritages are common. This high level of migration is reflected in the ancestry data, which shows that Indian ancestry is the most frequent at 12.3%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Indian ancestry is the most common group at 12.3%, followed by Australian (11.6%), Vietnamese (9.4%), English (8.2%) and Filipino (7.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly half of the population (48.7%) was born overseas, a figure far above the national average of 27.7%. This proportion rose by 3.2 percentage points since 2016, and the most common birth countries are Australia (49.0%), India (10.9%) and Vietnam (6.0%).
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 Burnside Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041462/burnside-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage