50.4% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Belconnen · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Belconnen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Belconnen were born overseas, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This international mix is reflected in a diverse range of ancestries, with English, Australian, and Chinese being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 22.2%, followed by Australian at 19.9% and Chinese at 15.4%. Irish and Scottish ancestries also feature, at 7.8% and 7.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over half of residents (50.4%) were born overseas, which is far above the 28.7% for the ACT and the 27.7% national figure. This high level of migration is seen in the population from China (11.1%), India (6.2%), Nepal (5.7%), and the Philippines (2.4%).
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 Belconnen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80024/belconnen/topic/ancestry-heritage