17.4% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blue Mountains · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blue Mountains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in the Blue Mountains, making up 44.3% of the population. Most residents have roots in the British Isles or Australia, though the area has seen a small increase in people moving here from overseas in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, at 44.3% and 38.1% respectively. Other common heritages include Irish at 16.0% and Scottish at 13.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. While this is higher than most similar areas, the proportion has risen slightly by 0.9 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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10900/blue-mountains/topic/ancestry-heritage