12.2% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rosewood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rosewood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Rosewood is a community where most residents were born in Australia. The area has a very strong British and Irish heritage, with nearly half the population claiming Australian ancestry and another 44% claiming English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 46.6% and 43.9% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also frequent, each accounting for 10.9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 29.3% seen in New South Wales and the 27.7% national figure. The vast majority of the population, 89.1%, was born in Australia.
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 Rosewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13428/rosewood/topic/ancestry-heritage