6.2% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blayney · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blayney
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady trend defines Blayney, where the proportion of residents born overseas has barely changed since 2011. This is a very traditional area where nearly half of the population claims Australian ancestry and the vast majority were born within the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries in the area are Australian at 46.2% and English at 43.6%, followed by Irish (13.9%) and Scottish (10.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.2% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7%. This level of overseas birth has stayed almost the same over the last decade, with 87.1% of the community born in Australia.
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 Blayney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103041076/blayney/topic/ancestry-heritage