7.9% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karuah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karuah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.9% of people in Karuah were born overseas, a figure far below the national and state averages. This reflects a community with deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.5% and English at 38.4%. Other notable family backgrounds include Irish (11.5%), Scottish (9.2%), and German (3.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 80.8% of the population born in Australia, Karuah's overseas-born population is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Of those born abroad, the most common birthplaces are England (2.5%) and New Zealand (1.1%).
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 Karuah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12084/karuah/topic/ancestry-heritage