5.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Irvington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Irvington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Irvington claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. This strong local tie is reflected in the birthplace data, where the vast majority of residents were born here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the next most common at 41.4%, followed by Irish (17.1%), Scottish (12.9%), and German (7.1%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 85.7% of the population.
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 Irvington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11996/irvington/topic/ancestry-heritage