25.0% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Magenta · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Magenta
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have chosen Magenta as their home since 2011, though the area's cultural makeup remains steady. A quarter of the population was born overseas, with the most common roots being English and Australian.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 39.5%, followed by Australian at 25.9% and Irish at 16.0%. Other notable roots include Scottish and German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
One in four people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is still well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with 66.9% of residents born in Australia and 7.2% in England.
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 Magenta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12450/magenta/topic/ancestry-heritage