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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, India had the highest proportion of recent overseas arrivals, making up 42.1% of the total recent overseas arrivals in the City of Parramatta.
Country of Birth data identifies where people were born. For recent arrivals, this indicates the countries which have provided overseas migrants to the City of Parramatta in the last 5 years. This may be quite different to the overall cultural makeup of the place, and indicates the emerging or changing birthplace groups in the most recent time period.
To get a more complete picture of cultural and ethnic characteristics, the City of Parramatta's Country of Birth data should be viewed together with Language Spoken at Home and Age Structure.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'In which country was the person born?'
| Birthplace - Ranked by size | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Parramatta - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
| Birthplace | Number | % | City of Parramatta - Total population |
| India | 15,684 | 42.1 | 11.3 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) | 5,209 | 14.0 | 11.3 |
| Nepal | 3,164 | 8.5 | 1.7 |
| Philippines | 1,362 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
| Pakistan | 1,239 | 3.3 | 1.0 |
| Korea, Republic of (South) | 1,147 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| Iran | 662 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 629 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| Malaysia | 535 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Sri Lanka | 532 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the country of birth of recent overseas arrivals in the City of Parramatta in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Parramatta shows that there was a similar proportion of people from a non-English speaking background.
The largest non-English speaking country of birth for the recent overseas arriving population in the City of Parramatta was India, where 42.1% or 15,684 people were born.
The major differences between the countries of birth of the recent overseas arriving population in the City of Parramatta and the total population in the City of Parramatta were:
- A larger percentage of people born in India (42.1% compared to 11.3%)
- A larger percentage of people born in Nepal (8.5% compared to 1.7%)
- A larger percentage of people born in China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) (14.0% compared to 11.3%)
- A larger percentage of people born in Pakistan (3.3% compared to 1.0%)
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