25.4% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Northwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Northwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A diverse mix of heritage shapes daily life in Northwood, where roughly a quarter of the population was born overseas. While the area is more internationally diverse than most similar places, it remains slightly less so than the broader New South Wales and Australian averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian and English, both around 32%, followed by Irish at 17%, Chinese at 11.9%, and Scottish at 8.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 25.4% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is well below the 29.3% figure for New South Wales. Most residents were born in Australia (71.9%), with others arriving from England, China, India, and New Zealand.
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 Northwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13034/northwood/topic/ancestry-heritage