4.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bolong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bolong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Bolong, a trend that has remained steady over the last decade. This is a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, and most of the rest identify with British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 46.8%, followed by English at 36.2%, Scottish at 17%, and Irish at 12.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Australia is the birthplace for 87.2% of the population, with New Zealand as the next most common origin at 4.3%.
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 Bolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10447/bolong/topic/ancestry-heritage