24.4% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kingston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kingston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in four residents in Kingston was born overseas, reflecting a multicultural community with strong roots in the British Isles. English and Australian are the most common ancestries, though the area has a more diverse mix of backgrounds than many other local areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 35.5%, followed by Australian (27.4%), Irish (15.2%), and Scottish (12.7%). About 4.9% of people also claim Chinese ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 24.4% of the population, which is much higher than most areas, though this is well below the figures for the ACT (28.7%) and Australia (27.7%). Most people were born in Australia (66.3%), with England (3.7%), China (1.5%), New Zealand (1.5%), and India (1.4%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80083/kingston/topic/ancestry-heritage