9.7% ▲ +47.7%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Silverdale - Warragamba · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
British and Irish roots strongly shape the identity of Silverdale - Warragamba, where nearly 90% of people claim Australian, English, Irish or Scottish ancestry. This heritage is reflected in a community that is much more likely to be born in Australia than the state or national average.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is most common at 42.6%, followed by English at 36.6%, Irish at 8.5%, Scottish at 8.1%, and Italian at 7.9%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion rose by 3.1 percentage points since 2011, with most people born in Australia (87.4%), followed by England (2.3%) and New Zealand (0.9%).
9.7% ▲ +47.7%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Silverdale - Warragamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114029/silverdale-warragamba/topic/ancestry-heritage