9.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karaak Flat · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karaak Flat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady trend of local births continues in Karaak Flat, where the proportion of people born overseas has remained low. The area is predominantly of English and Australian descent, with very few residents born outside the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, with 62.8% and 39.5% of residents claiming these roots. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also present, each representing 18.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the community was born in Australia, accounting for 81.4% of residents.
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 Karaak Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12078/karaak-flat/topic/ancestry-heritage