20.7% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kalkite · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kalkite
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than one in five people in Kalkite were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. This mix of backgrounds is reflected in a population with strong roots in the British Isles and Europe. Most residents identify as Australian or English, each making up about 40% of the area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by Australian and English roots, while Scottish, Irish, and German backgrounds also make up a significant portion of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 20.7% of residents were born overseas—a figure much higher than in most similar areas—this is well below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Kalkite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12060/kalkite/topic/ancestry-heritage