50.1% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blacktown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blacktown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Blacktown were born overseas, making it one of the most diverse areas in the region. This mix of backgrounds is reflected in the daily life of the community, where Indian and Filipino heritages are now as common as English or Australian ones.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is widely varied here. Australian (15.7%), English (14.6%), and Indian (14.5%) are the most common, followed by Filipino (7.2%) and Chinese (5.3%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far above the national figure, with 50.1% of people born outside Australia. This is 22 points higher than the Australian average, with the largest groups coming from India (16.6%) and the Philippines (5.5%).
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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10396/blacktown/topic/ancestry-heritage