31.8% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 91% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Other Urban · Section of State
Ancestry & Birthplace in Other Urban
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural backgrounds shape daily life in Other Urban, where Chinese and Australian ancestries are the most common. About 32% of residents were born overseas, making this area much more internationally diverse than most similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common here at 21.8%, followed closely by Australian at 21.1% and English at 14.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 31.8% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This is much higher than most similar areas, although the share of overseas-born residents fell by 14 percentage points since 2011.
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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS91/other-urban/topic/ancestry-heritage