39.9% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Silverwater · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Silverwater
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 40% of people in Silverwater were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This high level of international birth reflects a diverse community where Chinese and Indian ancestries are common alongside Australian and English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 7.9%, followed by Australian at 7.4% and English at 6.3%. Other notable groups include Indian and Irish ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas is 39.9%, which is far above the 29.3% seen in New South Wales and 12 points higher than the Australian figure. While 54.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China, India, New Zealand and Vietnam.
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 Silverwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13562/silverwater/topic/ancestry-heritage