33.3% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in St Marys
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of the people in St Marys were born overseas, which is well above the national figure. This multicultural makeup is reflected in the local ancestry, where Australian and English roots are common, but Filipino heritage is also prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 23.5% and 22.0% of the population. Filipino ancestry is also a significant part of the community at 6.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 33.3% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales average. The Philippines is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.6%, followed by New Zealand and India at 3.7% each.
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 Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13658/st-marys/topic/ancestry-heritage