9.5% ▲ +48.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kempsey
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Kempsey compared to the rest of the state. While most residents claim English or Australian ancestry, only 9.5% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.3%, followed by Australian at 36.9% and Irish at 10.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.5% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (82.8%), with smaller groups from China, the Philippines, and Nepal.
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12103/kempsey/topic/ancestry-heritage