55.5% ▲ +51.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kogarah · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kogarah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of all residents in Kogarah were born overseas, creating a diverse community where international backgrounds are the norm. This is a highly multicultural area, with a significant number of people tracing their roots back to China and Europe.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 29.6%, followed by English at 10.2% and Australian at 10.0%. Other notable groups include Greek at 7.4% and Italian at 3.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 55.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7% and rose by 19 points since 2011. While 40.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 16.4% and Nepal at 8.6%.
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 Kogarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10040/kogarah/topic/ancestry-heritage