28.9% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tennyson Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tennyson Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A little more than a quarter of people in Tennyson Point were born overseas, a figure slightly above the national average. This diversity is reflected in the local roots, where English, Australian, Italian, and Chinese ancestries all play a significant role.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (22.8%) and Australian (21.1%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Italian (19.2%) and Chinese (12.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 28.9% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is a little above the Australian figure, it is about the same as the New South Wales average.
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 Tennyson Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13805/tennyson-point/topic/ancestry-heritage