15.0% ▲ +45.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brooklet · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brooklet
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in where people come from has seen the overseas-born population in Brooklet grow to 15% since 2011. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains much lower than the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by British roots, with 46.2% of people claiming English descent and 32.4% claiming Australian. Other common ancestries include Scottish at 15.8% and Irish at 13.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia (77.5%), but 15% were born overseas. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with England (5.5%) and South Africa (1.6%) being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Brooklet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10595/brooklet/topic/ancestry-heritage