0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Richmond Vale · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A lack of recent migration means Richmond Vale has seen almost no change in its birthplace profile since 2011. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a population rooted in traditional British and Irish heritage.
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of residents claim Australian ancestry, while English, Scottish and Irish roots are also common. These ancestral ties are the dominant identifiers for the local population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in Richmond Vale was born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 96.8% of people born in Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Richmond Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13378/richmond-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage