56.8% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Strathfield · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Strathfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A massive 56.8% of people in Strathfield were born overseas, which is far above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This high level of international migration is reflected in the area's diverse roots, with Chinese ancestry being the most common at 25.8%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese is the most common ancestry at 25.8%, followed by English at 10.7% and Australian at 10.0%. Other significant groups include Indian ancestry at 7.0% and Italian at 6.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of residents were born overseas, a figure that rose 4.3 points since 2011. While 38.4% were born in Australia, many others arrived from China (13.1%), India (7.1%), and Nepal (7.0%).
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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10077/strathfield/topic/ancestry-heritage