7.8% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kempsey · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kempsey
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Kempsey than in the rest of the state, with only 7.8% born abroad. This gap makes it one of the most Australian-born areas in the region, though the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen slightly since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each accounting for about 40% of the population. Other typical ancestries include Irish at 11% and Scottish at 8.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (83.4%), followed by England at 2.3% and New Zealand at 0.9%.
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14350/kempsey/topic/ancestry-heritage