5.2% ▲ +34.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bourke · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bourke
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.2% of people in Bourke were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a population with deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry at 32.1%, followed closely by English at 30.5%. Other common ancestral links include Irish at 8.5% and Scottish at 6.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born overseas numbers are much lower than most areas, sitting far below the New South Wales figure by 24 percentage points. Outside of the 76.7% born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are India, Nepal and the Philippines.
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 Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10520/bourke/topic/ancestry-heritage