5.2% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
O'Connell · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in O'Connell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in O'Connell compared to the rest of the country. Only 5.2% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area's population much less diverse in birthplace than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 43.8% and English at 43.5%. Irish ancestry is also notable at 15.8%, followed by Scottish and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 86.5% of people born in Australia, this area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than New South Wales. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.1%, while New Zealand accounts for 0.5%.
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 O'Connell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13063/o-connell/topic/ancestry-heritage