6.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Keinbah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Keinbah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong connection to traditional roots remains a key feature of Keinbah, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. Very few people here were born overseas, making the area far less diverse in origin than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.1% and 45.9% of the population respectively. Scottish (15.6%) and Irish (11.9%) heritage also feature strongly in the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.4% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. This means 86.2% of the community was born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.7%.
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 Keinbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12092/keinbah/topic/ancestry-heritage