8.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Atholwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Atholwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Atholwood compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.8% of residents were born outside Australia, which is roughly 20 percentage points below the New South Wales figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian ancestry at 51.5%, followed by English at 33.8%. Other common ancestries include Italian (10.3%), Scottish (8.8%), and Dutch (4.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Three quarters of the population were born in Australia. This is far below the national figure of 27.7% for those born overseas, reflecting a very low proportion of overseas-born residents.
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 Atholwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10105/atholwood/topic/ancestry-heritage