8.6% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balranald · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balranald
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Balranald than in most other similar areas. This creates a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, though Italian and English roots remain prominent across the local population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 35.3% and 32.7% of the population, while 12.0% of residents claim Italian descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This proportion has risen slightly by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
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 Balranald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10300/balranald/topic/ancestry-heritage