13.7% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eurobodalla · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eurobodalla
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Eurobodalla compared to the rest of the state and country. While 27.7% of Australians were born abroad, only 13.7% of people in this area share that experience. This creates a community with a very strong own-country birth rate and deep roots in traditional British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.0% and 38.0% of the population respectively. Other significant family roots include Irish at 13.2%, Scottish at 11.5%, and German at 4.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, with 77.9% of people born in Australia and 4.8% born in England.
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 Eurobodalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12750/eurobodalla/topic/ancestry-heritage