4.7% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bourke - Brewarrina · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bourke - Brewarrina
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.7% of people in Bourke - Brewarrina were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area one of the least internationally diverse in the region, with a population overwhelmingly born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, accounting for 30.3% and 27.4% of residents respectively, followed by Irish at 9.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of overseas-born residents rose slightly to 4.7% since 2011, though this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (77.4%), with small numbers from India and Nepal.
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 Bourke - Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105011092/bourke-brewarrina/topic/ancestry-heritage