11.6% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
The Slopes · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in The Slopes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11.6% of people in The Slopes were born overseas, a figure far below both the state and national averages. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most of New South Wales. Most residents here share deep roots in the British Isles and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, Irish and Scottish ancestries are the most common in the area. English ancestry is the most frequent at 42.2%, followed closely by Australian at 39.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7%. About 86.9% of people were born in Australia, while the next most common birthplaces are England at 4.9% and South Africa at 2.1%.
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 Slopes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13858/the-slopes/topic/ancestry-heritage