15.6% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brownsville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brownsville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have chosen Brownsville as their home since 2011, and it remains a place where a strong majority of residents were born in Australia. Most people here trace their roots back to the British Isles, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 46.4% and 41.4% of the population. Other common roots include Scottish (14.5%), Irish (10.1%) and German (3.4%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.6% of people in Brownsville were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is far below the figures for New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%), with 82.4% of residents born in 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 Brownsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10609/brownsville/topic/ancestry-heritage