44.3% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
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Ancestry & Birthplace in City
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas in City than in the rest of the territory. Roughly 44% of residents were born outside Australia, creating a diverse population where English, Chinese, and Australian ancestries all feature strongly.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 23.3% and Chinese at 23.2%, followed by Australian at 19.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 44.3%, the share of overseas-born residents is far above the ACT figure of 28.7% and the national average of 27.7%. China is the most common birthplace outside Australia, accounting for 16.2% of the population.
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 City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80038/city/topic/ancestry-heritage