8.7% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kelso · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kelso
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common in Kelso, with 44.0% and 42.6% of residents claiming these roots respectively. This high proportion of traditional roots is reflected in the area's low percentage of people born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (44.0%), English (42.6%), and Irish (12.9%), followed by Scottish (9.8%) and German (2.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (86.3%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (1.4%) and New Zealand (0.9%).
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 Kelso [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12098/kelso/topic/ancestry-heritage