17.4% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Jerrabomberra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Jerrabomberra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of residents in Jerrabomberra were born overseas compared to 2011, though the area remains very Australian in character. Most people here claim English, Australian, or Irish roots, with 80.5% of the population born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 39.6% and English at 36.1%. Irish, Scottish, and Italian heritage are also common, making up 12.5%, 11.1% and 5.6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 17.4% of people were born overseas—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Besides Australia, the most common birthplaces are England, India, New Zealand and South Africa.
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 Jerrabomberra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12025/jerrabomberra/topic/ancestry-heritage