7.1% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Beechwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Beechwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few residents were born outside Australia in Beechwood, making it a community with very deep local roots. Nearly 90% of people here were born in Australia, which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common, with 47.8% and 46.6% of residents claiming these roots. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also frequent, accounting for 12.6% and 10.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.1% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. While most were born in Australia (89.5%), the most common overseas birthplaces are England (3.7%) and New Zealand (0.9%).
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 Beechwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10248/beechwood/topic/ancestry-heritage