23.5% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Padstow Heights · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Padstow Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much higher proportions of overseas-born residents live in Padstow Heights than in most similar areas. While 23.5% of people were born outside Australia, this is still well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 30.2%, followed by Australian at 27.2% and Irish at 8.9%. Other notable groups include Greek and Scottish ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The majority of residents were born in Australia (73.4%), though China is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.7%. This level of overseas birth is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%.
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 Padstow Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13132/padstow-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage