38.7% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oatlands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oatlands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of residents in Oatlands were born overseas than in the rest of the country. Around 38.7% of the population grew up outside Australia, making it one of the most diverse areas of its kind in the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian, Chinese, and English are the most common ancestries here, with 18.8%, 17.7% and 16.5% of people claiming these roots. Irish and Indian ancestries are also represented at 5.8% and 4.8% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is well above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and far above the national average of 27.7%. While 58.4% of residents were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 7.7% and India at 3.5%.
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 Oatlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13074/oatlands/topic/ancestry-heritage