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Oaklands · Urban Centre

Ancestry & Birthplace in Oaklands

Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.

Strongly traditional roots shape daily life in Oaklands (L), where nearly 86% of people were born in Australia. Most residents identify with English and Australian ancestry, creating a community with very few overseas-born inhabitants compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Oaklands, Urban Centre

Where Oaklands sits — People born overseas

8.2% ▲ +21.4%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Oaklands — lower than 69% of areas.

Oaklands8.2%
2646, NSW 7.2%
New South Wales 29.3%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

English ancestry is the most common at 45.9%, followed closely by Australian at 43.4% and Irish at 13.8%.

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Oaklands splits fairly evenly between English (38%) and Australian (36%), with Irish at 11%.

English 45.9% Australian 43.4% Irish 13.8% Scottish 9.2% German 3.6% Italian 2.6% Filipino 2.0% Dutch 1.5%

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

Only 8.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This proportion rose slightly by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.

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8.2% ▲ +21.4%

Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.

Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).

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In Oaklands, Australia is the majority at 96%; Philippines is next at 2%.

Australia 86.2% Philippines 2.0% England 1.5%

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 Oaklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122103/oaklands/topic/ancestry-heritage