4.2% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Caniaba · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Caniaba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very strong connection to British and Irish roots defines the people of Caniaba, where nearly half the population identifies as Australian. This local heritage is mirrored in the birthplace data, as the vast majority of residents were born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 48.6% and 40.4%, followed by Irish at 13.8% and Scottish at 10.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.2% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) figures. Most residents were born in Australia (87.4%), with small numbers from England, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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 Caniaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10789/caniaba/topic/ancestry-heritage