6.2% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blayney · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blayney
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Blayney than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong shared heritage of English, Irish, and Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (46.2%) and English (43.6%), while Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent at 13.9% and 10.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.2% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, with 87% of the population born in Australia.
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 Blayney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10850/blayney/topic/ancestry-heritage