3.6% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Biala · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Biala
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Biala than in most other similar areas. This is a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, and those who identify with a specific ancestry are primarily of British and Irish descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 36.9% and 35.7% of the population. Irish ancestry is also prominent at 19%, while Scottish ancestry accounts for 8.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. In contrast, 76.2% of the people living here were born in Australia.
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 Biala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10335/biala/topic/ancestry-heritage