15.3% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Jindabyne · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Jindabyne
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An English and Australian heritage dominates the local identity of Jindabyne, where 83.7% of residents claim one of these two ancestries. The area remains very strongly Australian in its roots, though it has a slightly higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.6%, followed closely by Australian at 39.1%. Other significant groups include those with Scottish (13.6%) and Irish (13.5%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 15.3% of people were born overseas—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) rates. Most residents were born in Australia (80.5%), with England the next most common birthplace at 3.5%.
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 Jindabyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12039/jindabyne/topic/ancestry-heritage