14.5% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balmoral · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Balmoral, where 45% of residents claim these roots. The area has a strong connection to British and Australian heritage, with the vast majority of the population born in Australia or the United Kingdom.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the people here identify as English (45%) or Australian (42.4%), followed by Scottish (9.4%) and Irish (8.5%) roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 14.5% of residents were born overseas—which is higher than most similar areas—this is far below the New South Wales and national figures. Most people were born in Australia (78.5%) or England (4.7%).
14.5% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10168/balmoral/topic/ancestry-heritage