52.1% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.8%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Smithfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Smithfield were born overseas, making it one of the most culturally diverse areas in the region. This international mix is seen in daily life through a wide range of ancestries, with Vietnamese and Italian roots being particularly common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 12.7% and English at 10%, while Vietnamese (9.2%), Italian (7.5%) and Chinese (5.3%) also make up significant parts of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of the residents (52.1%) were born overseas, a figure far above the 27.7% national average. This is reflected in the birthplace data, where Vietnam is the most common overseas origin 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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13575/smithfield/topic/ancestry-heritage