12.4% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blue Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blue Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestry dominate the local identity in Blue Bay, where nearly 86% of people claim one of these two roots. This strong connection to these origins is reflected in the fact that the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.2%, followed closely by Australian at 42.4%. Other notable roots include Irish at 12.0% and Scottish at 11.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.4% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) figures. Most residents were born in Australia (81.0%), with England (2.9%) and New Zealand (0.9%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Blue Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10413/blue-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage