4.2% ▼ -44.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boorolong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boorolong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Local roots run deep in Boorolong, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. This heritage is reflected in the community's strong ties to British and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English (43.7%) or Australian (40.8%) ancestry, with Irish (15.5%) and Scottish (12.7%) roots also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.2% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Boorolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10497/boorolong/topic/ancestry-heritage