20.1% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Paddington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Paddington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in diversity has seen more people from overseas settle in Paddington over the last decade. While 20.1% of residents were born abroad, the area remains predominantly rooted in British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 42.0%, followed by Australian (32.8%) and Irish (19.4%). Scottish and German roots are also present in 15.0% and 6.5% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About one in five people here were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This figure is a little below the Queensland rate of 22.7% and well below the national figure of 27.7%, with 76.5% of residents born in Australia.
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 Paddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32250/paddington/topic/ancestry-heritage