16.8% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Leonay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Leonay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people in Leonay were born overseas than in most similar areas, though the overall proportion remains quite low. While 16.8% of residents arrived from abroad, this is still far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (39.5%) and English (38.3%), followed by Irish at 14.6% and Scottish at 10.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia (80.7%), which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Of those born overseas, the most common birthplaces are England (5.1%) and New Zealand (0.9%).
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 Leonay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12313/leonay/topic/ancestry-heritage