12.1% ▲ +37.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Jerrara · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Jerrara
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around 89.4% of people in Jerrara were born in Australia. This makes the area far less diverse than the state and national averages, with a strong majority of residents identifying with English, Irish, and Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 50.8% and 40.2%, followed by Irish at 20.5% and Scottish at 13.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average 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 Jerrara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12026/jerrara/topic/ancestry-heritage