41.4% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
North Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in North Rocks
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing proportion of people born overseas now live in North Rocks, with 41.4% of the population hailing from another country. This diversity is reflected in the local heritage, where Chinese ancestry is now the most common at 22.3%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent in the area at 22.3%, followed by Australian and English backgrounds, which both sit at 21.5%. Irish and Scottish roots are also present at 6.9% and 6.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far more people were born overseas here than in the typical New South Wales or Australian community, with a gap of 12 to 14 percentage points. While 56.1% were born in Australia, China is the most common overseas birthplace at 10.8%.
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 North Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13013/north-rocks/topic/ancestry-heritage