58.6% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
St Leonards · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in St Leonards
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A huge shift in diversity has occurred in St Leonards, where more than half the population now was born overseas. This international character is reflected in a diverse mix of heritage, with Chinese ancestry being the most common at 26.2%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 26.2%, followed by English at 17.9% and Australian at 13.3%. Other common ancestral groups include Indian (7.4%) and Irish (6.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far above the national figure, reaching 58.6%. While 36.7% of residents were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (9.6%), India (5.5%), and England (3.3%).
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 Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13657/st-leonards/topic/ancestry-heritage