13.4% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 70% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Capital Region · Region (SA4)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Capital Region
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in the Capital Region than in most other Australian areas. Only 13.4% of the population was born abroad, which is significantly lower than the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English (40.4%) or Australian (40.2%) ancestry, followed by Irish (13.0%) and Scottish (11.0%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose slightly by 1.0 percentage points since 2011, though at 13.4% it remains far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Nearly 80% of the population was 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 Capital Region [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/101/capital-region/topic/ancestry-heritage