39.6% ▲ +50.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Leppington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Leppington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 40% of people in Leppington were born overseas, which is far above the national average. This mix of backgrounds is reflected in the local ancestry, where Australian and English roots are common alongside significant Indian and Italian heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 17.1% and English at 14.1%, while Indian and Italian heritage are also prominent at 8.3% and 8.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 39.6%, the share of overseas-born residents is among the highest for similar areas and sits far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While 57.1% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are India (4.7%) 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 Leppington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12314/leppington/topic/ancestry-heritage