34.1% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Point Piper · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Point Piper
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of residents in Point Piper were born overseas compared to the rest of the country. While 58.5% were born in Australia, the area shows a strong international mix with 34.1% arriving from abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 32.1%, followed by Australian at 20.8% and Irish at 11.4%. Chinese and Scottish backgrounds also feature, making up 10.0% and 9.3% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 34.1% of people born overseas is well above the national figure of 27.7% and the state's 29.3%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England at 5.5%, China at 4.0%, New Zealand at 2.8%, and South Africa at 2.7%.
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 Point Piper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13245/point-piper/topic/ancestry-heritage