13.1% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Newtown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 13.1% of residents in Newtown were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a place where the vast majority of people have Australian roots. Most residents identify with English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, at 43.7% and 39.5% respectively. Other frequent responses include Irish at 15.0% and Scottish at 12.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is well below the Queensland figure. This is reflected in the fact that 84.1% of the population was born in Australia, with England and New Zealand as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32138/newtown/topic/ancestry-heritage