11.5% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Surfside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Surfside
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Surfside compared to the rest of the state, with only 11.5% of residents arriving from another country. Most people here identify as having English or Australian ancestry, which make up about 81% of the population combined.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, while Irish and Scottish roots each account for about 9% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 11.5%, the share of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, though England and New Zealand are the most frequent overseas birthplaces.
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 Surfside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13713/surfside/topic/ancestry-heritage