60.7% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Canley Vale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Canley Vale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over 60% of people in Canley Vale were born overseas, making it one of the most diverse areas in the region. This international mix is led by strong Vietnamese and Chinese roots, which shape the local community's identity.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Vietnamese is the most common ancestry at 35%, followed by Chinese at 26.1%. Australian and English ancestries are much less common, each making up around 6% or 7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 60.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in the birthplace data, where 31.3% of the population was born in Vietnam.
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 Canley Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10791/canley-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage