9.5% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bulahdelah · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much smaller share of people were born overseas in Bulahdelah compared to the rest of the state. Only 9.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This creates a community with very strong ties to traditional Australian and British roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 46.4% and English at 44.1%. Other significant groups include Irish (10.5%), Scottish (9.0%), and German (5.1%) ancestry.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 83.1% of the population born in Australia, this area sits far below the national figure for overseas births. Of those born abroad, England is the most common birthplace at 3.3%, followed by New Zealand at 1.9%.
9.5% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Bulahdelah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10646/bulahdelah/topic/ancestry-heritage