7.2% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cessnock · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cessnock
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 7.2% of people in Cessnock were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes it a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to other areas in New South Wales.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.7% and English at 42.2%, followed by Scottish, Irish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The percentage of overseas-born residents has barely changed since 2011, moving from 6.6% to 7.2%. This is far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales, with 87.9% of the local 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11720/cessnock/topic/ancestry-heritage