25.3% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sutherland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sutherland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much higher proportions of overseas-born residents live in Sutherland than in most similar areas. While the typical resident has English or Australian roots, about 25.3% of the population was born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 34.6% and 33.9% respectively, followed by Irish (11.8%), Scottish (8.8%), and Chinese (5.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.3% of people were born overseas, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and a little below the national 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (71.1%), with others arriving from England (3.4%), China (2.0%), New Zealand (1.5%), and India (1.3%).
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 Sutherland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13716/sutherland/topic/ancestry-heritage