56.1% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Holroyd · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Holroyd
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half the people in Holroyd were born overseas, making it one of the most diverse areas of its kind. This international makeup is seen in the ancestry data, where Indian and Chinese backgrounds are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Indian ancestry is the most frequent at 10.7%, followed closely by Chinese at 10.4% and Australian at 9.9%. English ancestry accounts for 9.4%, while Filipino ancestry is 3.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A striking 56.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the 27.7% national figure. While 38.2% were born in Australia, the largest overseas groups come from India (8.2%), China (5.1%), the Philippines (2.5%) and Nepal (2.3%).
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 Holroyd [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11932/holroyd/topic/ancestry-heritage