13.6% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Islington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Islington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common in Islington, with 42.9% and 37.8% of residents claiming these roots. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born people than most similar places, it remains far below the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is the most frequent, followed by Australian, Irish, Scottish, and German ancestries. These five groups make up the vast majority of the area's ancestral background.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 13.6% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 29.3% seen in New South Wales. Most residents were born in Australia (83.7%), with England, New Zealand, India, and the Philippines being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Islington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11999/islington/topic/ancestry-heritage