9.3% ▲ +35.4%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
The Oaks · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in The Oaks
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 9.3% of people in The Oaks were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in its birthplace than most of Australia. The community is predominantly Australian-born, with strong ties to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (50.2%) or English (40.4%) ancestry. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 12.2% and Scottish at 8.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, though it rose 2.4 percentage points since 2011. Most people were born in Australia (87.1%), followed by England (3.8%).
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 The Oaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115136/the-oaks/topic/ancestry-heritage