10.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Benandarah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Benandarah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 10.3% of people in Benandarah were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is predominantly of British and Irish descent, with nearly 47% of residents claiming English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 47.3%, followed by Australian at 36.4%, Scottish at 11.5%, and Irish at 9.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (82.4%), with England being the next most common birthplace at 1.8%.
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 Benandarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10287/benandarah/topic/ancestry-heritage