40.4% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Darlinghurst · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Darlinghurst
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Darlinghurst, where 33.6% of people claim this background. The area is far more diverse than the national average, with a large proportion of the population born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and Irish ancestries are the most frequent, making up 33.6%, 19.4% and 13.8% of the population respectively. Scottish and Chinese backgrounds also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 40.4% of residents were born overseas, a figure far above the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) figures. While 52.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, China and South Africa.
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 Darlinghurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11213/darlinghurst/topic/ancestry-heritage