9.0% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stockton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Stockton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9% of people in Stockton were born overseas, a figure that remains far below the state and national levels. This makes the area much more homogenous than most other parts of Australia, with a strong majority of residents born locally.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.2%, followed by Australian at 39.3%. Other significant ancestral groups include Irish at 13% and Scottish at 12.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (86%), which explains why the overseas-born population is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. The most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, the Philippines, and South Africa.
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 Stockton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13677/stockton/topic/ancestry-heritage