21.5% ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pokolbin · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pokolbin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of people from overseas have settled in Pokolbin since 2011. While the area remains predominantly Australian-born, it now has a much higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 47.9%, followed by Australian at 33.8% and Scottish at 14.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.5% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this 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 Pokolbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13248/pokolbin/topic/ancestry-heritage