12.1% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sunlands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sunlands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for 45.8% of people in Sunlands. This small area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very low proportion of residents moving here from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and German are the three most common ancestries, making up the vast majority of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. About 79.5% of the population was born in Australia, with England being the most frequent overseas birthplace at 3.1%.
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 Sunlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41405/sunlands/topic/ancestry-heritage