8.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cathcart · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cathcart
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Cathcart, as the area remains dominated by those with local roots. The most striking feature is that 84% of residents were born in Australia, making it far less diverse than the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in Cathcart claim Australian ancestry at 58.5%, followed by English at 25.5% and Scottish at 11.3%. German and Irish ancestries are also present, making up 7.5% and 4.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. This is much lower than most other areas.
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 Cathcart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10854/cathcart/topic/ancestry-heritage