6.5% ▲ +49.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Calala · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Calala
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 6.5% of people in Calala were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong ancestral connection to the British Isles. This creates a profile that is much less diverse than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 40.7%. Scottish and Irish roots are also common, making up 11.0% and 9.8% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (89.0%), while the few born abroad primarily come from England, New Zealand, the Philippines and India.
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 Calala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10747/calala/topic/ancestry-heritage