7.1% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stanhope · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Stanhope compared to most similar areas. The town is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong cultural link to British and Irish roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry, with English (42.3%), Irish (12.2%), and Scottish (11.7%) roots also very common.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (86.0%), followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
7.1% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Stanhope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22350/stanhope/topic/ancestry-heritage