20.0% ▲ +170.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boydtown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boydtown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over 20% of people in Boydtown were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this overseas-born population is significant locally, it remains well below the national figure. English is the most common ancestry here, claimed by over half the residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most prominent, at 53.3%, followed by Australian at 25.3%. Irish, Scottish, and Italian ancestries each make up a smaller portion of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
One in five residents was born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the Australian average of 27.7%, with 66.7% of people born in Australia.
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 Boydtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10539/boydtown/topic/ancestry-heritage