47.1% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blacktown · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blacktown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Blacktown, where 17.8% of people claim this background. The area is deeply multicultural, with nearly half of all residents born overseas and a strong presence of Indian and Filipino heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common at 17.8% and 16.0% respectively. Indian (12.8%) and Filipino (9.6%) ancestries also make up significant portions of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly half of the people in Blacktown were born overseas, a figure that is far above the national 27.7% and has risen 4.4 points since 2011. India is the most common overseas birthplace at 13.5%, followed by the Philippines at 7.2%.
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 Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10010/blacktown/topic/ancestry-heritage