13.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Byangum · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Byangum
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 13.1% of people in Byangum were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This small overseas-born population lives in an area where most residents trace their roots back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 37.9%, followed by Australian at 30.7%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up 17% and 9.8% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most people here were born in Australia (64.7%), with the remaining small group mainly from England and the Philippines. This means Byangum has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the state average of 29.3%.
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 Byangum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10727/byangum/topic/ancestry-heritage