16.1% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shellharbour · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shellharbour
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots are the most common ancestral backgrounds in Shellharbour, with both groups making up about 39% of the population. The area remains predominantly Australian-born, though it has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than many similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by English (38.9%) and Australian (38.4%) roots. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (9.0%), Irish (8.9%), and Italian (4.4%) origins.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.1% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) figures. This proportion fell 1.7 percentage points since 2011, and while most residents were born in Australia (79.4%), England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.2%.
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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16900/shellharbour/topic/ancestry-heritage