48.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Norwest · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Norwest
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Norwest were born overseas, a figure far above the state and national averages. This creates a diverse community where English and Australian ancestries are common, but Chinese and Indian backgrounds also make up a large part of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 22.2%, followed by Australian (16.0%) and Chinese (15.8%). Indian (10.0%) and Irish (6.3%) ancestries also feature prominently in the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 48% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. While 48.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India (7.9%) and China (7.1%).
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 Norwest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13036/norwest/topic/ancestry-heritage