5.5% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rock Flat · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rock Flat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A huge 87.7% of people in Rock Flat were born in Australia. This makes the area far less diverse than the rest of the state, with a strong heritage rooted in Australian, English, and Scottish origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 37.0% and 32.9% of the population. Scottish and German ancestries both sit at 15.1%, while 9.6% of residents claim Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.5% of residents were born overseas, which is much lower than most other areas. This figure is far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Rock Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13391/rock-flat/topic/ancestry-heritage