12.3% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Braidwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Braidwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people in Braidwood now identify with their ancestral roots than in previous years. This is a community with deep ties to the British Isles, as the vast majority of residents claim English, Australian, Irish or Scottish descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.7%, followed by Australian at 38.8%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up 17.3% and 14.0% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (78.0%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.2%.
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 Braidwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10544/braidwood/topic/ancestry-heritage