9.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Old Station · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 9% of people born overseas live in Old Station, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is predominantly Australian-born, with a strong ancestral connection to the British Isles.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is most common at 40.6%, followed by Scottish (28.1%) and Australian (21.9%) roots. Irish ancestry also accounts for 9.4% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 78.1% of residents were born in Australia, 9.4% were born overseas, with England being the most common birthplace. This proportion is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%.
9.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Old Station [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13091/old-station/topic/ancestry-heritage