6.0% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Warrumbungle Shire · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Warrumbungle Shire
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.0% of people in Warrumbungle Shire were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong heritage of English and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 41.6% and 40.2% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots also feature prominently at 9.9% and 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and has barely changed since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (79.8%), followed by England at 1.7%.
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 Warrumbungle Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18020/warrumbungle-shire/topic/ancestry-heritage