58.7% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kogarah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kogarah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Kogarah were born overseas, marking it as one of the most diverse areas in the region. This high proportion of overseas-born residents is reflected in a rich mix of ancestries, with Chinese and English being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 16.4%, followed by English at 10.6%, Australian at 9.4%, Greek at 6.7%, and Indian at 6.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 58.7% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from those born in Australia (36.3%), the most common birthplaces are Nepal (11.3%), China (8.2%), India (6.0%), and the Philippines (3.9%).
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 Kogarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12190/kogarah/topic/ancestry-heritage