23.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Avalon Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Avalon Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than seven in ten people in Avalon Beach were born in Australia, creating a community with deep local roots. While the area is more diverse than many similar places, it remains less multicultural than the broader state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 49.7%, followed by Australian at 34.2%. Other common roots include Irish (14.9%), Scottish (13.6%), and German (4.7%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.5% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this figure is well below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (74.1%) or England (9.5%).
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 Avalon Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10112/avalon-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage