8.8% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Allandale · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep roots in British and European heritage shape daily life in Allandale, where 95.6% of residents were born in Australia. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few recent arrivals from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English ancestry at 61.8%, followed by Australian at 47.1% and Scottish at 19.1%. German and Irish roots are also common, accounting for 16.2% and 11.8% of the population respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, England is the most common birthplace at 8.8%.
8.8% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Allandale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10037/allandale/topic/ancestry-heritage