22.7% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rockton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rockton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Rockton than in the rest of the state, with only 22.7% of the population born abroad. This low figure is well below the national average, though the area remains much more diverse in its birthplaces than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The community has strong British roots, with Australian and English ancestries both accounting for 40.9% of residents, while Scottish ancestry makes up another 13.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 63.6% of residents were born in Australia, and the largest group of overseas-born people came from England at 13.6%. Overall, the share of overseas-born residents is 6.6 percentage points lower than in New South Wales.
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 Rockton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13397/rockton/topic/ancestry-heritage