30.6% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cambridge · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cambridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved to Cambridge from overseas since 2011, with 30.6% of residents now born outside Australia. This mix of backgrounds is most visible in the local ancestry, where English and Australian roots are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 39.3%, followed by Australian at 31.9% and Irish at 13.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has risen 1.7 points since 2011 to reach 30.6%, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little above the national average, though it sits a little below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%.
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 Cambridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51310/cambridge/topic/ancestry-heritage