8.6% ▲ +24.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rutherford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rutherford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The makeup of Rutherford has remained steady over the last decade, staying far more traditional than the national average. Only 8.6% of residents were born overseas, making it an area where the vast majority of people were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 41.6% and 43.8% of the population. Scottish and Irish roots also feature strongly, making up 9.8% and 9.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Few people in Rutherford were born abroad, at 8.6%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While 86.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, the Philippines and India.
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 Rutherford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13464/rutherford/topic/ancestry-heritage