8.4% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bowenfels · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bowenfels
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Bowenfels compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.4% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in Bowenfels claim Australian (41.3%) or English (37.3%) ancestry. Other common backgrounds include Irish (10.0%) and Scottish (9.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (78.0%). This is far below the national figure of 27.7% for overseas births, with only small numbers of people born in England (1.8%) or New Zealand (0.8%).
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 Bowenfels [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10527/bowenfels/topic/ancestry-heritage