5.0% ▲ +37.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brewarrina · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brewarrina
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Brewarrina, a trend that has remained steady over the last decade. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with only 5% of residents arriving from another country. This makes the area's birthplace profile far more uniform than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, accounting for 23.2% and 21.1% of the population respectively. Irish ancestry follows at 6.3%, while Scottish and Indian ancestries are less common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Among the small number of overseas arrivals, India is the most common birthplace at 2.5%.
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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10560/brewarrina/topic/ancestry-heritage