56.6% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bankstown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bankstown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Bankstown were born overseas, a figure far above the state and national averages. This high level of migration is seen in the strong presence of Vietnamese and Chinese residents, who make up the largest ancestry groups in the area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Vietnamese ancestry is the most common here at 18.7%, followed by Chinese at 10.8% and Australian at 8.6%. Other significant groups include English and Indian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of residents (56.6%) were born overseas, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. This reflects the high proportion of people born in Vietnam (15.6%) and China (4.8%).
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/sal/SAL10181/bankstown/topic/ancestry-heritage