46.9% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rockdale · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rockdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Rockdale were born overseas, a figure that has risen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011. This makes it one of the most internationally diverse areas in the region, where residents trace their roots back to a wide mix of global origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 13.5% and 13.3%, followed by Chinese at 12.4% and Greek at 10.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Forty-six point nine per cent of residents were born outside Australia, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 47.6% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are China at 6.3% and Nepal at 3.5%.
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 Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10072/rockdale/topic/ancestry-heritage