17.3% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blackwall · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blackwall
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common in Blackwall, with 42.8% and 38.3% of residents claiming these roots. It is a place where the vast majority of people have ancestral ties to the British Isles. Most residents were born in Australia, and those born overseas make up a small part of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian roots are the most frequent, followed by Irish at 12.2% and Scottish at 10.3%. German ancestry is also present for 3.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. While 76.1% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 4.7% and New Zealand at 2.1%.
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 Blackwall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10398/blackwall/topic/ancestry-heritage