5.6% ▲ +51.3%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bogan · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bogan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.6% of people in Bogan were born overseas, making it a community with very few international arrivals compared to the rest of the state. Most residents share a strong connection to British Isles roots, with Australian, English, and Irish ancestry making up the vast majority of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 47.0%, followed by English at 37.1% and Irish at 11.3%. Scottish and German roots are also present in smaller numbers.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, though this rose 1.9 percentage points since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia, with small numbers from England, New Zealand, India and Nepal.
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 Bogan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10950/bogan/topic/ancestry-heritage