4.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Combaning · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4% of people in Combaning were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small gap highlights a community with very few recent arrivals from abroad. Most residents identify with traditional British and European roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 42%, followed by English at 35% and Scottish at 20%. German and Irish ancestries also feature, making up 10% and 7% of the population respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than in most areas, sitting 24 points below the Australian figure. In this sparsely populated area, 89% of residents were born in Australia.
4.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Combaning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10989/combaning/topic/ancestry-heritage