10.5% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blaxlands Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blaxlands Ridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Blaxlands Ridge compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a community with very strong ties to Australian and British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry at 47.4%, followed by 40.9% who identify as English. Other common ancestries include Irish at 9.7%, Scottish at 8.0%, and German at 4.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 86.1% of the population. This overseas-born rate of 10.5% is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with the most common foreign birthplaces being England, South Africa, and New Zealand.
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 Blaxlands Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10408/blaxlands-ridge/topic/ancestry-heritage