4.3% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
The Rock · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in The Rock
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in The Rock compared to the rest of the state. Only 4.3% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a massive gap compared to the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This makes the area much more homogeneous than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in The Rock claim Australian (46.8%) or English (38.5%) ancestry. Other common ancestral roots include Irish at 14.5%, Scottish at 13.1%, and German at 6.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, accounting for 88.7% of the population. This is far below the national average of 27.7% for overseas-born residents, with only small numbers arriving from England (1.7%) and New Zealand (0.9%).
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 The Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13854/the-rock/topic/ancestry-heritage