4.6% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Strongly rooted in traditional backgrounds, Kingswood is a place where nearly half of all residents claim English ancestry. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with only 4.6% of people arriving from overseas, making it far less diverse than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, at 50.5% and 45.5% respectively. Other notable roots include Scottish (12.6%) and Irish (12.3%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A vast majority of people here were born in Australia, accounting for 92.9% of the population. The 4.6% born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average 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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12172/kingswood/topic/ancestry-heritage