35.0% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Campbelltown · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Campbelltown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Daily life in Campbelltown is shaped by a diverse mix of backgrounds, with 35.0% of residents born overseas. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a population that has grown increasingly international over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 24.8% and English at 22.5%. Other notable groups include people of Indian (6.0%), Irish (5.7%), and Scottish (5.0%) descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over a third of the population was born outside Australia, a figure that rose 6.9 percentage points since 2011. This is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 29.3%, with the most common birthplaces being India, the Philippines, New Zealand, 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 Campbelltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11500/campbelltown/topic/ancestry-heritage