7.9% ▲ +140.8%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
North Shore · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in North Shore
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.9% of people in North Shore were born overseas, which is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. This makes it a community with a very high proportion of Australian-born residents, though the number of overseas-born people has risen since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are Australian at 46.6% and English at 44.7%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 85.8% of residents were born in Australia, the share of people born overseas rose 4.6 points since 2011 to reach 7.9%. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122101/north-shore/topic/ancestry-heritage