8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rookhurst · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rookhurst
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Rookhurst than in most similar areas. This is a predominantly Australian-born community where British and Irish roots remain the most common ancestral links.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.3%, followed by Australian at 35.0%, Scottish at 11.7% and Irish at 6.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 73.3% of the population.
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 Rookhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13408/rookhurst/topic/ancestry-heritage