15.8% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Grays Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Grays Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher proportion of residents in Grays Point were born overseas than in most similar areas. While 15.8% of the community was born abroad, this figure remains far below the state and national averages. English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly 45% of people claim English ancestry, followed by 40% who identify as Australian. Other common roots include Irish (13.9%), Scottish (12.0%), and German (5.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.8% of the population was born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people were born in Australia (82.5%), with England the most common overseas birthplace at 4.8%.
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 Grays Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11750/grays-point/topic/ancestry-heritage