77.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 77.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Casuarina · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Casuarina
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over three-quarters of the people in Casuarina were born overseas, making it one of the most culturally diverse areas in the region. This high proportion of overseas-born residents is reflected in the local ancestry, where Chinese, Filipino, and Indian roots are more common than Australian or English ones.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese is the most common ancestry at 21.4%, followed by Filipino at 10.6% and Australian at 9.1%. Indian and English ancestries also make up significant shares at 7.4% and 6.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
An overwhelming 77.3% of residents were born overseas, a figure far above the Northern Territory's 21.8% and Australia's 27.7%. While only 18.2% were born in Australia, large groups arrived from China (15.8%), India (10.1%), the Philippines (9.9%), and Vietnam (6.7%).
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 Casuarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70051/casuarina/topic/ancestry-heritage