8.4% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bora Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.4% of people in Bora Ridge were born overseas, making it a community with very few overseas-born residents. This is far below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Most residents here share traditional roots, with Australian and English ancestries being the most common.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most frequent, making up 42.1% and 35.5% of the population. Other common roots include Irish at 11.2% and Scottish at 5.6%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure, sitting at just 8.4%. This is far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales, with 77.6% of the local population born in Australia.
8.4% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Bora Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10505/bora-ridge/topic/ancestry-heritage