47.4% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sydney - South West · Region (SA4)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sydney - South West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Sydney - South West were born overseas, a figure among the highest for similar areas. This makes the region far more internationally diverse than the rest of New South Wales and Australia. Vietnamese and Chinese ancestries are particularly prominent here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian, English, and Vietnamese are the most common ancestries, each making up about 11% of the population, followed by Chinese at 8.4% and Italian at 5.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost 47.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7% and rose by 1.7 percentage points since 2011. Vietnam is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.5%, followed by India, the Philippines, and China.
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 Sydney - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/127/sydney-south-west/topic/ancestry-heritage