20.2% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brooklyn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brooklyn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Brooklyn than in the rest of New South Wales, with only 20.2% of the population arriving from abroad. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplaces than most other parts of the state and the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.8% and 36.9% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German backgrounds also feature in the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 20.2% of residents were born overseas—a figure much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the 29.3% recorded for New South Wales and 27.7% nationally. Most people here were born in Australia (76.7%), followed by England at 5.7%.
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 Brooklyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10596/brooklyn/topic/ancestry-heritage