13.6% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Calderwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Calderwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower proportion of people were born overseas in Calderwood compared to the rest of the state. Only 13.6% of the population was born outside Australia, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents identify with traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, accounting for 44.9% and 38.7% of the community respectively. Scottish (8.1%), Irish (7.9%), and Italian (4.7%) backgrounds also make up significant shares of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 84.9% of residents were born in Australia, those born overseas represent a higher percentage of the population than in most similar areas. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.6%, followed by India at 1.9%.
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 Calderwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10749/calderwood/topic/ancestry-heritage