25.8% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shanes Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shanes Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A smaller share of people were born overseas in Shanes Park compared to the rest of the state. While about 26% of residents were born abroad, this is well below the New South Wales figure. It creates a community where most people were born in Australia, though Chinese heritage is a strong presence.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 32.8% and 20.1%, while Chinese ancestry is also prominent at 10.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.8% of the population was born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, China is the most common birthplace at 8.1%.
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 Shanes Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13539/shanes-park/topic/ancestry-heritage