13.0% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Emu Heights · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Emu Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 13% of people in Emu Heights were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. This makes the suburb far less diverse in birthplaces than the New South Wales and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British and Irish roots are common here, with 43.8% of residents claiming Australian ancestry, followed by English (39.3%), Irish (13.6%), and Scottish (11.2%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is 13%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (84.9%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4%.
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 Emu Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11420/emu-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage