21.5% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Berkeley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Berkeley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Cultural diversity is a key part of daily life in Berkeley, where 21.5% of the population was born overseas. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (32.4%) or English (29.9%) ancestry, followed by Scottish, Irish, and Italian roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is well below the New South Wales figure by 7.8 points and 6.2 points below the national average. Most people here were born in Australia (72.5%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
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 Berkeley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10303/berkeley/topic/ancestry-heritage