9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Banks Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Banks Pocket
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Banks Pocket than in most other areas, with only 9.1% of residents arriving from another country. This makes the area much more Australian-born than the rest of the state and the nation. Most people here trace their roots back to British and Irish origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents identify as Australian (48.7%) or English (48.1%). Other common ancestries include Scottish (12.3%), Irish (10.2%), and German (5.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 85.6% of people were born in Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% for overseas births. Only 1.6% of the population was born in New Zealand, the most common overseas birthplace.
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 Banks Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30145/banks-pocket/topic/ancestry-heritage