14.0% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eraring · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eraring
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Eraring compared to the rest of the state, with only 14% of residents arriving from another country. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here identify with traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 52%, followed by Australian at 37.1% and Irish at 14%. Scottish and German backgrounds are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 81.9% of people were born in Australia, those from overseas are most likely to have come from England (5%) or New Zealand (3.6%). This overseas-born population is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Eraring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11432/eraring/topic/ancestry-heritage