18.7% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kiama Heights · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kiama Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for residents in Kiama Heights, where 45.6% of people claim this heritage. This is a predominantly Australian-born area, though it has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (45.6%) and Australian (34.4%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish (15.3%) and Scottish (13.7%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.7% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this figure is far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and well below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Kiama Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12126/kiama-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage