4.3% ▼ -70.3%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kingswood · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kingswood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people were born outside Australia in Kingswood (L), which has one of the lowest proportions of overseas-born residents among similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with the vast majority of residents claiming English, Australian, or Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of residents identify as Australian, followed by English at 44.9%. Other common ancestries include Scottish at 13.6% and Irish at 11.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.3% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3%. This proportion has fallen by 10 points since 2011, leaving 92.7% of the population born in 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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121060/kingswood/topic/ancestry-heritage