40.5% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bankstown · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bankstown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Forty percent of people in Bankstown were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area much more culturally diverse than most similar places. The most common roots here are Australian, English, Vietnamese, and Chinese.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most frequent ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 16% and English at 12.8%. Vietnamese (9.7%), Chinese (8.6%), and Greek (3.9%) ancestries also make up significant parts of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 40.5% of the population, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and rose 3.7 points since 2011. While 53.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are Vietnam (7.7%) and China (3.3%).
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11901/bankstown/topic/ancestry-heritage