46.4% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Riverstone · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Riverstone
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all people in Riverstone were born overseas, a figure far higher than the national average. This shift is a recent trend, with the proportion of overseas-born residents climbing 15 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Indian ancestry is the most common at 19.8%, followed by Australian at 18.7% and English at 16.6%. Filipino and Chinese ancestries also make up significant portions of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 46.4%, the number of people born overseas is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This reflects the local breakdown, where 17.3% of residents were born in India, followed by the Philippines and China.
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 Riverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10071/riverstone/topic/ancestry-heritage