54.7% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Riverwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Riverwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A huge variety of cultural backgrounds shapes daily life in Riverwood, where more than half the population was born outside Australia. This creates a diverse community where Chinese ancestry is the most common, making up 32.4% of the area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most prominent here at 32.4%, followed by Australian at 10.8% and English at 10.5%. Filipino and Vietnamese ancestries also contribute to the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over half the people in Riverwood were born overseas, at 54.7%, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 38.8% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are China at 18.3% and the Philippines at 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 Riverwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13386/riverwood/topic/ancestry-heritage