9.1% —
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Snowy Valleys · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Snowy Valleys
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Snowy Valleys than in most similar areas. Just 9.1% of the population was born outside Australia, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, making up 40.0% and 42.0% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and German backgrounds follow at 11.6%, 9.7% and 4.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (82.4%), with smaller numbers from England, New Zealand and South Africa.
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 Snowy Valleys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17080/snowy-valleys/topic/ancestry-heritage