19.3% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 51% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sydney - Sutherland · Region (SA4)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sydney - Sutherland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 80% of people in Sydney - Sutherland were born in Australia, making it far less diverse in birthplace than the rest of the state. While English and Australian ancestries are most common, the area has seen a small increase in people moving here from overseas in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.0%, followed by Australian at 35.6% and Irish at 12.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 19.3% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen slightly by 2.0 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (77.9%) and England (3.6%).
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 - Sutherland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/128/sydney-sutherland/topic/ancestry-heritage