8.2% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Seelands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Seelands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Seelands, where 44.1% of people claim this background. This heritage is closely followed by English roots, while the area has a very small proportion of residents born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common at 41.2%, while Irish (14.6%) and Scottish (14.4%) roots are also prominent. German heritage is held by 5.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.4%), with England (2.7%) and New Zealand (1.1%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Seelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13530/seelands/topic/ancestry-heritage