55.3% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carlingford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carlingford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas in Carlingford than in the rest of the country, with 55.3% of residents born abroad. This strong international connection is seen in the local ancestry, where Chinese heritage is the most common at 40.6%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most prominent here at 40.6%, followed by English at 12.3%, Australian at 11.6%, Indian at 6.0%, and Irish at 3.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half the population was born overseas, a figure far above the 29.3% seen in New South Wales and the 27.7% national average. Outside of those born in Australia (42.0%), the most common birthplaces are China (19.4%) and India (4.9%).
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 Carlingford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10817/carlingford/topic/ancestry-heritage