9.4% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Booragul · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Booragul
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local roots defines Booragul, where 81.5% of residents were born in Australia. This makes the area far less diverse in birthplaces than the rest of the state or the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 41.9% and 39.1% of the population respectively. Other notable roots include Irish at 8.3% and Scottish at 8.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.4% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. For those born outside Australia, England is the most common birthplace at 2.6%.
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 Booragul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10493/booragul/topic/ancestry-heritage