18.2% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Como · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Como
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 80% of people in Como were born in Australia, making it a community with a much smaller overseas-born population than the national average. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, together accounting for over 80% of the area's heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People of English and Australian descent make up 43.0% and 39.0% of the area respectively, followed by Irish at 14.5% and Scottish at 11.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 18.2% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%.
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 Como [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10996/como/topic/ancestry-heritage