8.5% —
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Uriarra - Namadgi · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Uriarra - Namadgi
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 8.5% of people in Uriarra - Namadgi were born overseas, one of the lowest rates for any similar area. This makes the region far less diverse than the rest of the Territory and the nation. Most residents trace their roots back to Australia and the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian, followed by English (38.6%), Irish (14.4%), and Scottish (14.2%) ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Australian Capital Territory's 28.7% and the national 27.7%. This figure has fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2016, with 84.8% of the population 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 Uriarra - Namadgi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/80111/uriarra-namadgi/topic/ancestry-heritage