8.1% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goodnight · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goodnight
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few changes have occurred in the roots of the people living in Goodnight since 2011. Most residents identify with traditional British and European backgrounds, and the area remains far less diverse than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 46.5% and 36.0% of the population. Scottish (15.1%), Italian (12.8%) and German (8.1%) roots are also represented.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.1% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales. This is lower than most areas, with 83.7% of the population 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 Goodnight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11707/goodnight/topic/ancestry-heritage