8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kellys Plains · 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 Kellys Plains than in the rest of the country. Only 8.3% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it an area where the vast majority of people have Australian roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population claims Australian ancestry (46.2%), followed by English (31.4%) and Irish (18.9%) roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The same high proportion of Australian-born residents is seen here, with 87.0% born in Australia. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% for those born overseas.
8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Kellys Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12095/kellys-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage