12.2% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Potato Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Potato Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Potato Point than in the rest of the state or country. While the typical resident identifies with British or Australian roots, about 12% of the population grew up in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41%, followed by Australian at 33.3%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, making up 15.4% and 14.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, though small numbers arrived from England, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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 Potato Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13265/potato-point/topic/ancestry-heritage