46.6% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
St Ives Chase · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in St Ives Chase
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in St Ives Chase, making up 30.4% of the population. The area is very diverse, with nearly half of all residents born overseas. This makes the community much more international than the typical Australian or New South Wales suburb.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Chinese, and Australian are the three most common ancestries, accounting for 30.4%, 24.0% and 22.1% of residents. Scottish and Irish backgrounds follow at 7.9% and 7.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 46.6% of people here were born overseas, a figure far above the national average of 27.7%. This high level of overseas birth is reflected in the data, as 12.6% of the population was born in China.
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 St Ives Chase [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13655/st-ives-chase/topic/ancestry-heritage