29.2% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kingswood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kingswood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing mix of backgrounds defines Kingswood, where nearly 30% of residents were born overseas. This reflects a diverse community with strong ties to both traditional European roots and more recent migration from Asia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most common, making up 28.6% and 26.5% of the population. Other notable groups include people of Irish (7.5%), Indian (6.4%) and Scottish (5.6%) descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 29.2% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 27.7%. While 61.2% were born in Australia, the largest overseas groups come from India (5.9%) and the Philippines (2.6%).
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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12171/kingswood/topic/ancestry-heritage