6.6% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Parkes · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Parkes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Parkes, held by 41.1% of the population. The area has a very strong connection to its roots, with a small number of overseas-born residents and a high proportion of people tracing their family history back to Australia, England and Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common here at 35.4%, followed by Irish (10.0%) and Scottish (8.4%) backgrounds. German ancestry is also present for 3.4% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.6% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 29.3% seen in New South Wales. This proportion has fallen 1.3 percentage points since 2011, and is among the lowest for similar areas.
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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED134/parkes/topic/ancestry-heritage