4.2% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Currowan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Currowan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.2% of people in Currowan were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales and national averages. This makes the area much less internationally diverse than most other parts of the country, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 27.8%, English at 25%, and Scottish at 15.3%. Irish and German ancestries each account for 5.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With just 4.2% of residents born overseas, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. Over half of the population—55.6%—were born in Australia.
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 Currowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11182/currowan/topic/ancestry-heritage