46.6% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Killara · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Killara
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Chinese ancestry is the most common in Killara, where 31.1% of residents claim this heritage. This influence is seen in the local birthplaces, with nearly half of the population born overseas, which is far above the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 31.1%, followed by English at 24.7% and Australian at 19.5%. Other notable groups include Irish and Scottish ancestry, at 7.5% and 6.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly half of the people in Killara were born overseas (46.6%), a figure far above the 27.7% national average. This high overseas birth rate is reflected in the breakdown, where China is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 13.8%.
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 Killara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12137/killara/topic/ancestry-heritage