14.8% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Newcastle · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Newcastle
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of the population was born overseas in Newcastle compared to the state or national figures. While 14.8% of residents were born abroad, this is much lower than the 27.7% seen across Australia. Most people here claim English, Australian or Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.7%, followed closely by Australian at 37.8%. Irish and Scottish ancestry are also prominent, at 12.5% and 11.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas rose 2.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 14.8%. This remains far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with 80.8% of residents 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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15900/newcastle/topic/ancestry-heritage