10.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rollands Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rollands Plains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deeply rooted British and Irish origins shape the identity of Rollands Plains, where nearly half the population claims Australian ancestry. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, making it much more homogenous than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 49.7% and 43.7% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent at 15.2% and 10.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.4%), with the next most common birthplaces being Italy and England.
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 Rollands Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13407/rollands-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage