12.1% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
High Range · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in High Range
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas birthplaces have stayed around the middle for similar areas in High Range, though the community remains far more Australian-born than the state or national average. Most residents claim Australian, English, Irish or Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British and Irish heritage is common here, with Australian (35.8%), English (34.6%), Irish (17.5%) and Scottish (11.3%) making up the vast majority of ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (70.6%), followed by England (4.2%).
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 High Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11907/high-range/topic/ancestry-heritage