65.6% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Macquarie Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Macquarie Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 66% of people in Macquarie Park were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This high level of overseas birth is reflected in the diverse ancestral roots of the area, where Chinese ancestry is the most common group at 30.1%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most prominent at 30.1%, followed by English at 12.3% and Australian at 10.8%. Indian ancestry is also significant, accounting for 10.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 65.6% of the population, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are China at 16.7% and India at 10.2%.
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 Macquarie Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12446/macquarie-park/topic/ancestry-heritage