45.5% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Enfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Enfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift toward a more diverse population is evident in Enfield, where nearly half of all residents were born overseas. This reflects a multicultural community where Chinese, Italian, and English ancestries are now the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 19.7%, followed by Australian at 13.1% and Italian at 12.3%. English and Greek roots are also common, making up 11.3% and 5.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Forty-five percent of people in Enfield were born overseas, a figure far above the 29.3% seen in New South Wales. While 50.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 9.5% and India at 3.4%.
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 Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11424/enfield/topic/ancestry-heritage