11.7% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Arakoon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Arakoon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few changes in heritage have shaped Arakoon since 2011, as it remains a place with very strong traditional roots. The vast majority of the community identifies with English and Australian ancestry, with 83.4% of residents born here in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is most common at 47.4%, followed by Australian at 38.2% and Irish at 14.8%. Scottish and German heritage are also present at 10.8% and 7.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) figures. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.0%, with New Zealand accounting for 0.7%.
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 Arakoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10070/arakoon/topic/ancestry-heritage