30.3% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coniston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coniston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A little more than 30% of people in Coniston were born overseas, which is a higher share than most similar areas. This makes the suburb more diverse than both the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 26.6% and Australian at 25.8%. Irish, Scottish, and Italian backgrounds are also represented, making up 8.6%, 8.0%, and 5.1% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 30.3% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 64.8% were born in Australia, other common birthplaces include England, Vietnam, China, 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 Coniston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11010/coniston/topic/ancestry-heritage