9.1% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oakdale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oakdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.1% of people in Oakdale were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, with most identifying with British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 45% and 37.3% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Irish (8.6%), Scottish (8.4%), and Italian (5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 81.9% of people born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure. Of those born abroad, the most common origins are England (2.2%) and New Zealand (0.9%).
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 Oakdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13065/oakdale/topic/ancestry-heritage