36.6% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Major Urban · Section of State
Ancestry & Birthplace in Major Urban
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common in Major Urban, where 25.3% of people claim these roots. The area is very diverse, with a large proportion of the population born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the two most common ancestries at 25.3% and 23.7%. Other significant groups include Chinese at 9.7%, Irish at 8.0%, and Scottish at 6.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over a third of people here were born overseas, a figure that rose 4.1 percentage points since 2011. At 36.6%, this is well above the national figure of 27.7% and among the highest for similar areas. While 58.8% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China, India, and England.
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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS10/major-urban/topic/ancestry-heritage