32.4% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balgowlah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balgowlah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 32% of people in Balgowlah were born overseas, a figure well above the national average. This mix of origins is reflected in the local ancestry, where English, Australian, Irish and Scottish roots are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 44.3%, followed by Australian at 30.6%, Irish at 14.7% and Scottish at 13.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is 32.4%, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While 65.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (9.6%) and New Zealand (2.7%).
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 Balgowlah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10154/balgowlah/topic/ancestry-heritage