8.4% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Singleton · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Singleton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Singleton, where 46.2% of people claim this as their background. This is a predominantly Australian-born area with a strong tie to British Isles roots. The community's heritage is heavily shaped by English, Irish and Scottish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed closely by English at 41.8%. Irish (10.5%) and Scottish (10.1%) heritages are also common, while German ancestry accounts for 4.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.4% of people 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 low proportion of overseas-born residents has barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 8.2%.
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 Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17000/singleton/topic/ancestry-heritage