4.4% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lower Belford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lower Belford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Lower Belford, where 51.8% of people claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of residents identify as Australian, followed by English at 44.5%. Scottish and Irish ancestries are also common, making up 13.5% and 11.8% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This is much lower than most areas, with 90.9% of the population born in Australia.
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 Lower Belford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12410/lower-belford/topic/ancestry-heritage