47.0% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
South Hurstville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in South Hurstville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in South Hurstville were born overseas, a figure far above the New South Wales and national averages. This international mix is led by a strong Chinese presence, which appears in both birthplace and ancestry data.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestry is Chinese at 34.7%, followed by English at 12.8%, Australian at 11.5%, and Greek at 8.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 47% of people here were born outside Australia, which is far above the 29.3% seen in New South Wales. This is consistent with the fact that China is the most common overseas birthplace at 18%.
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 South Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13603/south-hurstville/topic/ancestry-heritage