16.7% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Redbank · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Redbank
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in cultural makeup has seen Redbank become more diverse since 2011, though it remains rooted in its colonial heritage. Most residents still claim Australian or English ancestry, while the proportion of people born overseas has grown to reach 16.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are Australian at 39.2% and English at 37.3%. Other significant groups include Irish at 14.7% and Scottish at 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 16.7% of people were born overseas—which is higher than most similar areas—this is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. The biggest overseas birthplaces are England at 8.8% and New Zealand at 3.9%.
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 Redbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22152/redbank/topic/ancestry-heritage