5.1% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ashley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ashley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.1% of people in Ashley were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of the country. Most residents identify with traditional Australian and British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian, with English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 80.1% of people here were born in Australia, a result that is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% for overseas-born residents.
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 Ashley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10101/ashley/topic/ancestry-heritage