14.4% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bywong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bywong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for people in Bywong, making up 44.6% of the population. Most residents were born in Australia, though the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born people than most similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 44.6% and 39.0%, while Scottish and Irish backgrounds each account for around 14% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 82.7% of people were born in Australia, 14.4% were born overseas. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains far below the state and national figures.
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 Bywong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10733/bywong/topic/ancestry-heritage