43.1% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Prestons · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Prestons
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost 43% of people in Prestons were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a diverse community where residents trace their roots to many different parts of the world, with Australian and English ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are Australian at 14.3% and English at 10.4%, followed closely by Indian ancestry at 10.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 43.1% of people born overseas, Prestons has a much higher proportion of overseas-born residents than New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%). While 52.9% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are India, the Philippines, Vietnam, and New Zealand.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Prestons
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Prestons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13272/prestons/topic/ancestry-heritage