9.0% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
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.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Sherwood than in most similar areas. This is a predominantly Australian-born community, where 84.1% of residents were born here and the remaining population shares strong roots in the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 44.1% and 38.6% of the population. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also prominent at 11.7% and 11.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.0% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. England is the most common birthplace outside of Australia, accounting for 4.8% of the population.
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/SAL13552/sherwood/topic/ancestry-heritage