12.1% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kentish · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kentish
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Barely any change has occurred in the birthplace of residents in Kentish since 2011, with only 12.1% born overseas. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with an ancestry profile dominated by English and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each representing about 43% of the population. Scottish (9.8%) and Irish (9.0%) roots also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the national average of 27.7%. This reflects a stable trend, as the proportion has barely changed since 2011.
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 Kentish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA63210/kentish/topic/ancestry-heritage