37.8% ▲ +292.5%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Summer Hill · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Summer Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Summer Hill, where 24.1% of residents claim this background. The area has become much more diverse recently, with a huge rise in the number of people born overseas. This shift has created a community where a wide range of global backgrounds now live side by side.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and Irish are the most common ancestries, though Chinese heritage is also prominent at 10.9%. Scottish ancestry follows at 7.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 37.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure that rose 28 percentage points since 2011. This is far above the national figure of 27.7% and well above New South Wales, with China and England being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Summer Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10078/summer-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage