9.0% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Buxton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few changes have occurred in the cultural makeup of Buxton since 2011, with the area remaining largely traditional in its roots. Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, and the proportion of people born overseas remains far below the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the population identifies as Australian (47.5%), followed by English at 41.4%. Other common ancestries include Irish, Scottish, and Italian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (86.1%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.0%.
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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10724/buxton/topic/ancestry-heritage