51.7% ▲ +132.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Schofields · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Schofields
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Schofields were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This high level of migration is reflected in the area's diverse roots, with Indian ancestry being the most common background at 27%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Indian ancestry is the most common at 27%, followed by Australian at 15.6% and English at 13.9%. Other notable groups include those with Filipino (6.1%) and Chinese (5.3%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of residents (51.7%) were born overseas, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. While 44.7% were born in Australia, 24.2% were born in India, with other common birthplaces being the Philippines, China and Nepal.
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 Schofields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13517/schofields/topic/ancestry-heritage