25.4% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Suffolk Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Suffolk Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved to Suffolk Park from overseas in recent years. This shift is seen in the 25.4% of residents now born abroad, creating a diverse mix of backgrounds in the suburb.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 40.6%, followed by Australian at 28.9% and Irish at 14.9%. Scottish and German heritage are also represented at 12.0% and 5.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About one in four people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this 25.4% figure is a little below the Australian average of 27.7% and well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%.
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 Suffolk Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13699/suffolk-park/topic/ancestry-heritage