61.3% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wentworth Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wentworth Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A massive 61.3% of people in Wentworth Point were born overseas, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most internationally diverse places in the region, with a very strong presence of residents from China and India.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common here at 31.6%, followed by English at 11.9% and Australian at 9.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than 61% of the population was born outside Australia, which is 34 percentage points higher than the national average. This trend is reflected in the birthplaces of residents, where China (21%) and India (3.8%) follow Australia (34.6%) as the primary countries of origin.
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 Wentworth Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14244/wentworth-point/topic/ancestry-heritage