15.5% ▲ +41.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Somersby · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Somersby
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas births have risen since 2011 in Somersby, though the area remains more traditionally Australian in its roots than most of the state. While 15.5% of residents were born abroad, the vast majority of the community identifies with Australian and British heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 45.9% and 35.5% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and Italian roots follow as the next most frequent responses.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.5% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 77.1% of residents 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 Somersby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13587/somersby/topic/ancestry-heritage