39.5% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Booragoon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Booragoon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common in Booragoon, where 36% of residents claim these roots. The area is notably diverse, with a very high proportion of people born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, while 15.7% of people identify as Chinese. Other common ancestries include Scottish at 10.4% and Irish at 9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 40% of people in Booragoon were born overseas, a figure far above the national average of 27.7%. While 58.1% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England and China.
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 Booragoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50148/booragoon/topic/ancestry-heritage