7.5% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Barham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly traditional roots define the people of Barham, where 87% of residents claim Australian or English ancestry. This heritage is reflected in a community where the vast majority of people were born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 44.4% and 43.0% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots also feature prominently at 12.7% and 11.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.4%), with the smallest numbers of overseas-born residents coming from England, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Barham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10200/barham/topic/ancestry-heritage