4.4% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sherwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.4% of people in Sherwood were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a population with very deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 32.4%, followed by Australian at 22.1%. German, Irish, and Scottish roots are also notable, each making up between 7.4% and 8.8% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than in most areas, sitting 23 points below the Australian figure. More than half of all residents, 52.9%, were born in Australia.
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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13551/sherwood/topic/ancestry-heritage