44.1% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Parkwood - Ferndale - Lynwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Parkwood - Ferndale - Lynwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing proportion of people born overseas now call Parkwood - Ferndale - Lynwood home, with this figure rising to 44.1% since 2011. This makes the area far more diverse than the national average. While English and Australian ancestries remain the most common, there is a significant Chinese presence here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 32.2%, followed by Australian at 24.3%. Chinese ancestry is also prominent, accounting for 15.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 44.1% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far above the national average and rose by 2.8 percentage points since 2011. While 52.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (7.3%), India (3.8%), and China (3.5%).
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 Parkwood - Ferndale - Lynwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506031128/parkwood-ferndale-lynwood/topic/ancestry-heritage