6.2% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blue Vale · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Blue Vale, where 38.3% of residents claim this background. The area is shaped by strong British and Irish roots, with a very small proportion of the population born outside of Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over a third of people identify as Australian, followed by English (30.9%), Irish (16.0%), and Scottish (16.0%).
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (77.8%).
6.2% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Blue Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10418/blue-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage