11.5% ▼ -38.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shannons Flat · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shannons Flat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 11.5% of people in Shannons Flat were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is predominantly of British and Irish descent, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 27.6%, followed by Australian (24.1%), Scottish (14.9%) and Irish (11.5%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the NSW rate of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (65.5%), with England being the most frequent overseas birthplace at 6.9%.
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 Shannons Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13543/shannons-flat/topic/ancestry-heritage