36.0% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Middle Cove · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Middle Cove
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of people in Middle Cove were born overseas, which is well above the national figure. This international background is reflected in the local ancestry, where English and Australian roots are most common, alongside a significant Chinese community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most frequent here, making up 35.2% and 30.7% of the population. Other common ancestral roots include Chinese at 14.2%, Irish at 12.4%, and Scottish at 11.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 36.0% of residents born overseas, Middle Cove has one of the highest proportions of overseas-born people among similar areas. This is well above the 29.3% seen in New South Wales and the 27.7% national figure, with the most common birthplaces being China (5.7%) and England (4.9%).
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 Middle Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12613/middle-cove/topic/ancestry-heritage