9.3% ▼ -42.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barrengarry · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Barrengarry
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 Barrengarry, where 48.1% of residents claim this heritage. The area has a very strong connection to traditional colonial roots, with nearly half the population identifying as English and another 43.5% as Australian.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the dominant ancestries, followed by Scottish at 12.6% and Irish at 12.1%. German heritage is also present for 8.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (84.6%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.2%.
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 Barrengarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10214/barrengarry/topic/ancestry-heritage