7.7% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burnt Yards · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people were born overseas in Burnt Yards compared to most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong family heritage linked to England, Australia, and Ireland.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 41.0% and 38.5% of the population respectively, while Irish ancestry accounts for 12.8%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.7% 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 (84.6%), followed by England at 7.7%.
7.7% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Burnt Yards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10692/burnt-yards/topic/ancestry-heritage