5.5% ▲ +63.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Attunga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Attunga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Attunga than in most similar areas. This is a community with very strong ties to the British Isles, as the vast majority of residents claim English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 43.5% and 42.3% of the population. Scottish ancestry is also notable at 16.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.5% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 89.3% of the population.
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 Attunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10106/attunga/topic/ancestry-heritage