7.7% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bombala · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bombala
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents in Bombala have moved from overseas since 2011, and the area remains far more Australian-born than the rest of the state. Just 7.7% of people were born outside Australia, making it one of the least diverse places in the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British roots are common here, with 40.3% of people claiming English ancestry and 11.1% claiming Irish heritage. Another 10.5% identify as Scottish, while 45.1% identify as Australian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (82.3%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, Vietnam, and Nepal.
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 Bombala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10454/bombala/topic/ancestry-heritage