10.8% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boat Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boat Harbour
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.8% of people in Boat Harbour were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most residents identify with British or Australian roots. This reflects a community where the vast majority of people are born locally.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.9% and 40.5% of the population. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also prominent at 14.9% and 13.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state figure of 29.3%. Most of the population was born in Australia (85.4%), followed by England at 3.8%.
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 Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10424/boat-harbour/topic/ancestry-heritage