35.1% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Linley Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Linley Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people were born overseas in Linley Point than in the rest of the state. Roughly 35.1% of the population were born abroad, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This diversity is reflected in the local ancestry, where Chinese and English backgrounds are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 23.8%, followed closely by English at 23.3% and Australian at 16.5%. Italian and Irish backgrounds are also common, making up 8.4% and 7.3% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is among the highest for similar areas, sitting 5.8 percentage points above the New South Wales average. While 64.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 8.4% and England at 3.7%.
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 Linley Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12350/linley-point/topic/ancestry-heritage