19.8% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Canoelands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Canoelands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people were born overseas in Canoelands than in most similar areas. While nearly 20% of the population was born abroad, this remains well below the figures for New South Wales and the rest of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 45.8% and English at 39.0%, followed by Irish and Scottish at 9.0% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.8% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people were born in Australia (74.0%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
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 Canoelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10793/canoelands/topic/ancestry-heritage