3.2% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Summer Island · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Summer Island
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost everyone living on Summer Island was born in Australia, making it a place with very little overseas influence. This is most evident in the fact that only 3.2% of residents were born in another country, which is far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify as Australian (52.7%) or English (43.0%), with Irish and German backgrounds also represented in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is much lower than in most other areas, sitting at 3.2%. This is far below both the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the Australian average of 27.7%.
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 Summer Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13704/summer-island/topic/ancestry-heritage