53.4% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Marsfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Marsfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Marsfield were born overseas, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas in the region. This global mix is most evident in the local ancestry, where Chinese heritage is the most common at 32%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese is the most common ancestry at 32%, followed by English at 16.2% and Australian at 14.4%. Other significant groups include Irish at 5.6% and Indian at 5.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A striking 53.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the 29.3% figure for New South Wales and the 27.7% national average. While 43.2% were born in Australia, China is the most common overseas birthplace at 14.3%, followed by India at 4.5%.
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 Marsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12516/marsfield/topic/ancestry-heritage