49.5% ▲ +186.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barangaroo · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost half of the people in Barangaroo were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This creates a diverse profile where Chinese ancestry is the most common, accounting for 25.9% of residents.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 25.9%, followed by English at 19.5% and Australian at 10.0%. Irish and German ancestries each make up around 4% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly half of all residents (49.5%) were born overseas, which is far above the 27.7% national figure. While 33.6% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 13.2%, England at 2.3%, and India and New Zealand at 1.8%.
49.5% ▲ +186.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Barangaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10192/barangaroo/topic/ancestry-heritage