15.8% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sun Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sun Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Sun Valley claim English ancestry, making it a dominant cultural influence in the area. The community is largely Australian-born, though it has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 53.8%, followed by Australian at 29.5% and Irish at 15.0%. Other significant groups include Scottish and Italian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.8% of residents were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 78.6% of the population born in Australia.
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 Sun Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13706/sun-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage