49.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.1%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Newington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Newington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Newington were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This reflects a diverse community where Chinese ancestry is the most common, held by 26.6% of residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Chinese at 26.6%, English at 14.4%, and Australian at 13.2%. Other notable groups include Irish and Italian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 49.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 49.0% were born in Australia, the largest overseas groups are from China, India, and the Philippines.
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 Newington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12962/newington/topic/ancestry-heritage