10.0% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Buff Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Buff Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of British and Australian heritage shapes daily life in Buff Point, where 87.9% of residents claim English or Australian ancestry. This local identity is reflected in the high proportion of people born in Australia compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, making up 45.4% and 42.5% of the population respectively. Other significant groups include Irish (11.0%) and Scottish (10.1%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.0% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of the community was born in Australia (85.7%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.0%.
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 Buff Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10642/buff-point/topic/ancestry-heritage