19.6% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kanimbla · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Kanimbla compared to the rest of the country, with only 19.6% born abroad. This gap is most obvious when compared to New South Wales, where the state figure is nearly 10 percentage points higher. The area's heritage is predominantly British and Irish.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 45.7%, followed by Australian at 28.8% and Irish at 26.6%. Other significant groups include Scottish and Italian ancestries.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 71.7% of residents were born in Australia, those born overseas include 8.7% from England and 3.3% from New Zealand. This overall overseas birth rate is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
19.6% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Kanimbla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12073/kanimbla/topic/ancestry-heritage