11.8% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Greenwell Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Greenwell Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11.8% of people in Greenwell Point were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born and shares deep ancestral ties to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common, accounting for 46.0% and 42.9% of residents, followed by Irish (11.5%) and Scottish (9.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 81.8% of people born in Australia, the overseas-born population is much smaller than in the rest of New South Wales. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 5.4%.
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 Greenwell Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11775/greenwell-point/topic/ancestry-heritage